Story | 19 Sep, 2018
CEESP News- Catherine Sayer, IUCN Program Officer, and Cory Whitney, University of Bonn
A recent assessment of the livelihoods value of freshwater biodiversity in the Lake Victoria Basin in Eastern Africa has demonstrated that freshwater plants and fishes are key to supporting the…
Story | 23 Jul, 2018
Indigenous voices amplified in 'Landing Together' film series
CEESP News -- Dr. Purabi Bose, Filmmaker, Deputy Chair of CEESP Theme on Governance, Equity and Rights
It is rare that the voices of the voiceless get any recognition. Landing Together's new four short indie documentary films capture the stories of real life protagonists – tribal,…
Story | 16 Jul, 2018
Creating a Urban Garden for all - Colombo, Sri Lanka
CEESP News - Kanchana Weerakoon, Founder/President, Eco Friendly Volunteers (ECO-V), Sri Lanka
The Metta Garden in Colombo, Sri Lanka, run by Eco friendly Volunteers, is the place for generating healthy food for people and a living space for many other animals and plants. It has become…
Blog | 20 Jun, 2018
Blog: Communities, Conservation, and Livelihoods: A Win-Win Situation
CEESP News -- Indu Kumari, Wildlife Trust of India
The communities living on the fringes of protected forests are considered exploiters by some, while others feel that they are victims. The latter view holds that they had been living in harmony with nature for centuries but are now being…
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 | 10 May, 2018
CEESP News - by Osvaldo Munguia, Director of Mopawi and IUCN-CEESP Regional Vice Chair - Meso & South America
Story | 24 Apr, 2018
Where tropical forest governance meets the ‘Beast from the East’
A blog by Dr. Emmanuel O. Nuesiri, international scholar and editor of a new book on responsive forest governance – a look at how forest governance has global implications for regulating climate and more.
Story | 12 Apr, 2018
CEESP News - Dr. Satya Prakash Mehra, Advisor-RSNH & Member CEESP
The butterfly festival, a conservation education initiative of the India-based NGO Rajputana Society of Natural History (RSNH), aims to revive the symbiotic relationship of Nature and Human (Prakruti Purush) as per the…
Story | 10 Apr, 2018
Protecting the Torricelli Mountain Range - Tenkile Conservation Alliance (TCA), Papua New Guinea
CEESP News: by Jim Thomas - CEO, Tenkile Conservation Alliance, Papua New Guinea
The Tenkile Conservation Alliance (TCA) is a non-government organisation (NGO) established in Papua New Guinea (PNG) in 2001. Principally established to save the critically endangered Tenkile tree kangaroo…
Story | 06 Apr, 2018
Our friend and colleague Philippe Bouché tragically passed away on Tuesday 5 April, as the aircraft he was piloting crashed on take-off from the La Tapoa resort in W National Park in Niger, West Africa. He leaves behind his wife and two children.