Story | 22 May, 2018
IPBES-6 - Moving indigenous and local knowledge forward
CEESP News - by Aroha Te Pareake Mead, CEESP Chair, 2008-2016
The work of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has direct relevance to CEESP at many different levels and offers some direct ways for CEESP members to engage.
Story | 22 Apr, 2018
An indigenous-led strategy for conservation in IUCN
IUCN Indigenous Peoples Member Organisation representative Yeshing Juliana Upún Yos delivered the following statement to the Seventeenth Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) in New York City last week.
Story | 16 Apr, 2018
World Wetlands Day Celebration at Tata Steel Zoological Park, Jamshedpur, India
CEESP News - by Dr Hishmi Jamil Husain, Head, Environment & Forest Management, Tata Steel Ltd.
Story | 05 Apr, 2018
Obituary: Dr Dhrubjyoti Ghosh, pioneer of wetland conservation in Eastern India
Former Regional Chair for South Asia of the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management and a noted Kolkata wetlands warrior, Dhrubajyoti Ghosh expired suddenly on 16 February 2018. This was painful news and indeed a great loss for IUCN.
…Story | 20 Mar, 2018
IPBES Regional assessment for Europe and Central Asia: a primer
CEESP NEWS - by IPBES Secretariat and submitted by one of the lead authors, Riccardo Simoncini
The world’s biodiversity is being lost and nature’s contributions to people are being degraded, which undermines human wellbeing.
The success of humanity’s efforts to reverse the…
Story | 19 Mar, 2018
Emergence of Seascape Ecology: A holistic pattern-oriented science for the oceans
CEESP News - by Simon Pittman, editor of Seascape Ecology
This year the first book dedicated entirely to the emerging science of seascape ecology was published. Seascape ecology, edited by Simon…
Story | 19 Mar, 2018
Lessons learned from five years of nature conservation and development in South Pacific Islands
CEESP NEWS - by Scherl, L.M and Hahn, R.
This 2018 publication presents condensed “Lessons Learned” from five years implementation of a project across four countries in the South Pacific Island Region (Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu and Nuie) aimed at strengthening biodiversity conservation and…
Story | 25 Oct, 2017
From Locally Managed Marine Areas to Indigenous and Community Conserved Oceans
CEESP News - by Hugh Govan, Adviser, LMMA Network and Adjunct Senior Fellow, University of the South Pacific (USP), School of Government, Development & International, Affairs (SGDIA)
Story | 18 Sep, 2017
The Chairs of CEESP and the Theme on Equity, Rights and Governance (TGER) seek nominations/expressions of interest for the position of SPICEH Chair (or two Co-Chairs). Candidates for the Chair(s) should preferably be familiar with both CEESP and be committed to working cross-sectorally across…
Story | 10 Aug, 2017
Call for Nominations/Expressions of Interest for CEESP Regional Vice Chair(s) for Oceania
The Chairs of CEESP seek nominations/expressions of interest for the position of Regional Vice Chair in Oceania. Candidates for the Regional Vice Chair should preferably be familiar with both CEESP and the Oceania region, and be committed to working cross-sectorally across different disciplines…