Story | 25 May, 2020
Mobilizing in support of small-scale fisheries impacted by COVID-19
CEESP News: by Nathan Bennett, Chair of the IUCN CEESP Specialist Group 'People and the Oceans'
The COVID-19 pandemic has rapidly spread around the world with extensive social and economic effects for the small-scale fisheries sector and coastal communities. Much of the news is dismal…
Story | 07 Apr, 2020
A fresh look for the Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group (SULi) website
CEESP News: by Dilys Roe, Chair of the IUCN Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group (SULi)
The IUCN Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group (SULi) received a small grant from IUCN SSC for communications work and revamped the SULi website. SULi will have a regular…
Story | 07 Apr, 2020
Private Sector Engagement and Conservation in West Bengal: monitoring Compensatory Afforestation
CEESP News: by Sudeep Budhaditya Deb, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, West Bengal Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority, Government of West Bengal, India
Regulations, incentives or collaborations are three major modes for involving the private sector in the…
Story | 02 Apr, 2020
Exploring private investments in conservation, conceptually and in concrete settings
CEESP News: by Masego Madzwamuse (Chair) and Caroline Seagle (Deputy Chair), CEESP Theme on Business, Best Practice and Accountability (TBBPA)
Story | 01 Apr, 2020
World Wetlands Day observed at Loktak Lake, Manipur, India
CEESP News - by Salam Rajesh, IUCN CEESP member
As observed globally in February each year, the World Wetlands Day was observed in a unique way in the midst of a floating village in Manipur’s Loktak Lake, a Ramsar site of international importance.
Story | 25 Mar, 2020
Nature-based Solutions for Water Infrastructure at your service
'Natural water infrastructure' is not built infrastructure. Instead, it is shaped, grown, eroded or deposited by nature over time. It refers to services nature provides for free, such as mangroves protecting shorelines from storms, peatlands sequestering carbon, wetlands filtering contaminated…
Story | 23 Mar, 2020
Conservation through private initiative: A case study in the Western Ghats, India
CEESP News - by Venkat Ramakrishnan, CEESP member
This is the story of indigenous people living in or near one of the Western Ghats’ forests, and their right to continue living there with a sense of dignity and purpose.
Story | 22 Mar, 2020
An integrative approach to assess and mitigate the social impacts of a disaster
CEESP News: by Renata Bennet, Communication Officer at IUCN, on behalf of the Rio Doce Panel
A new publication released by the Rio Doce Panel recommends the adoption of an integrative approach to human and ecosystem health for a sustainable recovery of the Rio Doce Basin in the context…
Story | 21 Mar, 2020
Redefining Concepts around Natural Resources and the Environment
CEESP News - by Mahdi Kolahi, Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
When studying or working in natural resources or environmental fields, it is always a question how to call, for example, nature, natural things, and the environment!…
Story | 19 Mar, 2020
CEESP News - by Nyoman Iswarayoga, Director of External Affairs of Restorasi Ekosistem Riau
The importance of partnerships between the public and private sectors to support forest conservation and restoration was recognized earlier this year, at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Heads…