Story | 11 Nov, 2021
IUCN spurs restoration action and monitoring by launching a typology of restoration interventions for ALL terrestrial ecosystem types including coasts and inland waters. The IUCN Restoration Intervention Typology for Terrestrial Ecosystems (RITTE…
Story | 26 Apr, 2021
Request for proposal (RfP) – Mid-Term Review Consultant
IUCN Regional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia is looking to engage an external, independent and qualified expert to submit a Proposal for the individual consultancy of Mid-Term Review Consultant in Serbia of the project “…
Story | 17 Mar, 2021
Throughout the month of February, member-countries of the Indo-Burma Ramsar Regional Initiative (IBRRI) celebrated World Wetlands Day, raising awareness on the important role that wetlands play in providing water for communities and wildlife in the…
Story | 22 Feb, 2021
One-third of freshwater fish face extinction, warns new report
A new report ‘The World’s Forgotten Fishes’ reveals the extraordinary variety of freshwater fish. This variety accounts for over half of all the world’s fish species and is essential to the health of the world’s rivers, lakes and wetlands and well-being of societies and economies across the…
Story | 19 Feb, 2021
Landscape architects combating ecosystem degradation
CEESP News by Tobiloba Akibo, Tunji Adejumo, Kharbal James Kaltho (CEESP-member) & Ibrahim Bala Girku *
The Society of Landscape Architects in Nigeria (SLAN) launced a lecture series with the theme “UN Decade of Ecological Restoration,”…
Story | 11 Feb, 2021
Plastics: mitigating their environmental, health and human rights impacts
CEESP News: By Patricia Parkinson, Director, Environmental Law Oceania *
A new global governance regime for plastics is needed to mitigate their environmental, health and human rights impacts, especially in the Pacific 'Large Ocean Small Islands Developing States' - A tale of flooding…
Story | 01 Feb, 2021
Each year, the international community celebrates World Wetlands Day on the 2nd February, a day to put a spotlight on the state of our wetlands globally. Organised by the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, the 2021 theme focuses on the intrinsic link…
Story | 17 Jan, 2021
CEESP News: by Ana Claudia Hafemann *
Faced with an atypical scenario arising with the spread of the new coronavirus pandemic worldwide, new behaviors became necessary in prevention and control. The regulatory sector of water supply and sanitation, in particular, has been assigned the…
Story | 05 Oct, 2020
Request for proposals - Audit services for the ADAPT project
Proposal for the annual audit services, including Agreed-Upon Procedures engagement ISRS 4400, of the project “ADAPT: Nature-based Solutions for Resilient Societies in the Western Balkans”
Story | 17 Jul, 2020
Blue carbon and more: mangroves as superheroes
Mangrove forests and swamps are nature's superheroes, a vital ecosystem for climate mitigation, adaptation, disaster risk reduction, and many other benefits for humans and animals alike. On this International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem 2020, we present an interactive…