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A video is now available of the public event held April 20, 2021, to celebrate the launch of the new CCRN book, co-published by IUCN-CEESP: Communities, Conservation and Livelihoods.  

CEESP News: por Lorena G. Coria, integrante del Centro Boliviano de Estudios Multidisciplinarios CEBEM

Durante el mes de septiembre de 2020 se desarrolló el II Congreso Virtual Desarrollo Sustentable y Desafíos Ambientales “Soluciones ambientales en el marco de la Emergencia Climática”.…

CEESP News: by Lorena G. Coria, member of the Bolivian Center for Multidisciplinary Studies CEBEM

In September 2020, the II Virtual Congress on Sustainable Development and Environmental Challenges "Environmental Solutions in the Framework of the Climate Emergency" was held. Organized by…

CEESP News: by CEESP member Pierina Benites Alfaro

La presión por generar productos de alto rendimiento en campo, destinados eminentemente al mercado, ha transformado la agricultura de los Andes, en particular porque dicho espacio es el centro de origen genético de muchos tubérculos y…

CEESP News: by Nancy Pierina Benites Alfaro*

La vigente crisis sanitaria conlleva a repensar los sistemas de producción local, así como sus beneficios o daños al ecosistema y sus sociedades. En los últimos años, por ejemplo, ha surgido fuertemente el concepto de agricultura familiar para…

All coastal and marine ecosystems are critical to human well-being and global biodiversity. Mangroves, coral reefs, and seagrass beds are examples of these. But urban and rural infrastructure investments are having a heavy negative impact on these systems, and it is…

The Chairs of CEESP seek nominations/expressions of interest for the position of Regional Vice Chair in Meso and South America. Candidates for the Regional Vice Chair should preferably be familiar with CEESP, the Meso and South America and be committed to working cross-sectorally across…

Geneva, Switzerland, 16 November 2015 – While global demand for the world’s most popular metal – aluminium – continues to rise, it is critical that the aluminium industry address its environmental and social impacts, particularly in indigenous peoples’ territories, according to new report…

One of Bolivia's Indigenous Peoples - the Tacana - have helped to develop a territorial management programme which has already significantly reduced forest loss in large areas of South America and could help to determine the future of much of the Amazon rainforest.

Global restoration of forest landscapes - where are the opportunities? What are the benefits? Spotlight on the Bonn Challenge, the largest restoration inititative the world has ever seen. "What forest restoration means to me" - Interviews with humanitarian Bianca Jagger, filmmaker John Liu…