Story | 29 Jun, 2020
Forest sector responds to pandemic: Insights from Cameroon, Mexico, Nepal and South Korea
From healing forests to the landscape approach, prominent forest professionals from Cameroon, Mexico, Nepal and South Korea address some of the immediate challenges of the COVID 19 pandemic and share insights on strategic responses and innovations.
Blog | 23 Jun, 2020
Gender equality and women’s empowerment are matters of fundamental human rights and prerequisites to meeting sustainable development goals around the world.
Story | 19 Jun, 2020
Scaling up Sustainable Flood-based Livelihood Models in Dong Thap Muoi
On May 25th 2020, the Thap Muoi District Agricultural Service Center in collaboration with the Ho Chi Minh City Institute of Resources Geography organised a training event on "Building sustainable livelihood models in Dong Thap Muoi". The…
Blog | 16 Jun, 2020
Addressing issues of gender and social inclusion in sustainable ecosystem management in Guyana
Gender equality and women’s empowerment are matters of fundamental human rights and prerequisites to meeting sustainable development goals around the world.
Story | 15 Jun, 2020
IUCN calls on business to put nature at the heart of economic recovery plans
Today, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) joined 30 global NGOs and business organisations in calling on corporate chief executives to support ambitious policies to reverse nature loss as part of the governments’ economic recovery plans.
Story | 09 Jun, 2020
IUCN Lao PDR organised two field missions to the Xe Champhone Ramsar Wetland as part of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) – funded Climate Adaption in Wetlands Area Project (CAWA) to develop a Non-Timber Forest Resource Programmeme (NTFP) in 16 villages.
Story | 08 Jun, 2020
IUCN and The Ocean Race join forces in global sports-conservation partnership
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has established a unique collaboration with The Ocean Race to work together, combining global sports events with powerful conservation activities, having impacts that will amplify awareness towards sustainability and essential…
Story | 05 Jun, 2020
From Social Solidarity to Economic Solidarity
CEESP News: by Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir*
The citizens are aspiring for a transformational mission for a legitimate state to provide for universal basic needs and to ensure fundamental rights of its citizens. On the economic front, the…
Story | 05 Jun, 2020
Conservation, Economic Reactivation and COVID-19 in Peruvian Amazon Indigenous Communities
CEESP News: by Ana Watson & Conny Davidsen, University of Calgary. Department of Geography - Environmental Governance Research Group. University of Calgary*
The COVID-19 crisis calls us to critically analyze the role of the state in extraction and conservation projects in…
Story | 03 Jun, 2020
COVID-19 and a new form of conservation
CEESP News - Blog post by Robert Fletcher, Bram Büscher & Kate Massarella, Wageningen University, the Netherlands