Story | 31 Jan, 2021
Congress: Environmental Solutions in the Framework of the Climate Emergency
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…
Story | 12 Jan, 2021
COVID-19 and Climate Change: Double Jeopardy for Traditional Resource Users in the Sundarbans
CEESP News: by Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir*
The combined impact of climate change and COVID-19 pandemic is aggravating the marginalisation of the indigenous and local communities in the Sundarbans, an area which spans across the regions of Bangladesh and India. Majority have lost their…
Story | 11 Jan, 2021
Coastal Community Associations: A model for sustainable development at the Kenyan coast
CEESP News by Tilda Bowden, Creative Writing editor of the Lucy Writers’ Platform on behalf of the Oceans Alive Trust, Kenya
Kuruwitu Fishers on the north coast of Kenya were driven to the brink of survival by unregulated and exploitative fish harvesting and were prompted to start a…
Story | 08 Jan, 2021
Communities combating fisheries crime and reef destruction
CEESP News by Venkat Ramakrishnan *
Reef Check Malaysia has been working on the ground addressing many challenges while protecting coral reefs and marine life in Malaysia. In this article, they describes how dangerous fish bombs are to marine life and local livelihoods, and how they are…
Story | 24 Nov, 2020
Seminar: “The value of Blue Carbon ecosystems for climate change adaptation and mitigation”
Date: 9-10 December 2020
Online 9:30-12:30 - Language: English/Spanish. Designed for research and conservation organizations
Story | 30 Oct, 2020
Moving forward on lobster fishery means addressing access and conservation
CEESP News: by Tony Charles*. Originally published on Policy Options, October 28, 2020
The situation unfolding in the Nova Scotia lobster fishery raises larger questions around who holds decision-making power over this natural resource.
Story | 26 Oct, 2020
Waste characterization study completed in Carriacou Island
A waste characterization study was successfully completed in Carriacou Island, Grenada, by the team of local consultants hired by the IUCN Plastic Waste-Free Islands (PWFI) partner, Asia Pacific Waste Consultants (APWC).
Story | 26 Oct, 2020
PWFI conducted online training sessions as part of an alternative methodology to cope with COVID-19
The global COVID-19 pandemic has forced the world to find new ways to operate to prevent a massive dissemination of the virus. Plastic Waste-Free Islands (PWFI) is no exception; the project has developed an online working methodology to continue its…
Story | 26 Oct, 2020
PWFI advancing its work in the Caribbean
Asia Pacific Waste Consultants (APWC), engaged by IUCN within the Plastic Waste-Free Islands (PWFI) project to create a flow analysis of plastics, has hired local teams in Grenada and Saint Lucia to gather in country and field-based auditing data on…
Story | 04 Aug, 2020
Guidelines target plastic pollution hotspots
From promoting innovative eco-design to banning the use of single-use plastic straws, efforts to curb plastic pollution are as ubiquitous as plastic itself. However, the problem is not going away. It is time to adopt a new strategy.