Story | 29 Nov, 2010
Bio-cultural Diversity Conserved by Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities - Examples and Analysis
(Also available in French, Spanish and English) Indigenous conservation territories and areas conserved by indigenous peoples and local communities– ICCA for short– are the subject of an IUCN/CEESP Indigenous conservation territories and areas conserved by indigenous…
Story | 29 Nov, 2010
(Also available in French, Spanish and English). Though their existence is arguably as old and wideespread as human civilisation itself, territories are areas conserved by indigenous peoples and local communities (ICCAs) have only recently gained sustained attention in formal conservation…
Story | 29 Nov, 2010
Side-Event - “Aree Protette e Rete NATURA 2000/Protected Areas and Natura 2000 Network”
Story | 29 Nov, 2010
Virtuous Circles: Values, Systems and Sustainability
By Andy Jones, Michel Pimbert and Janice Jiggins, 2010. In recent years, simultaneous crises in energy costs, the price and availability of food, water supplies, biodiversity loss, the financial system and climate change have all had a major impact on lives and livelihoods across the globe.…
Story | 29 Nov, 2010
Democratising agricultural research for food sovereignty in West Africa
By Michel Pimbert, Boukary Barry, Anne Berson, Khanh Tran-Than. This multimedia publication is available online only. A hardcopy version will be printed in early 2011. This multimedia book reports on an initiative in West Africa that seeks to create safe spaces in which food providers and…
Story | 29 Nov, 2010
Report on the IUCN-ICMM Planning Meeting, 11-12 November 2010, Gland, Switzerland
Richard Cellarius, CEESP Finance Officer, was an invited participant at the "Planning Meeting" between IUCN and representatives of the International Council for Mining and Metals (ICMM) at IUCN headquarters in Gland on 11-12 November, 2010.
Story | 29 Nov, 2010
The tenth Conference of the Parties (COP 10) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) held in the second half of October 2010 in Nagoya (Japan) reaffirmed and strengthened CEESP crucial concerns in conservation, in particular regarding governance of protected areas and the recognition…
Story | 28 Nov, 2010
The Chagos Archipelago – Footprint of Empire, or World Heritage?
On 1 April 2010, the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) announced the establishment of a marine protected area (MPA) in the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT),1 to be enacted by ordinance of the Director of the FCO Overseas Territories Department, acting as BIOT Commissioner in…
Story | 28 Nov, 2010
Collaborative Governance of Tropical Landscapes Carol Colfer and Jean-Laurent Pfund
This book provides a novel approach to governance relating to biodiversity and human well-being in complex tropical landscapes, including forests and protected areas. It focuses attention at the interface between communities and the landscape level, building on interdisciplinary research…
Story | 28 Nov, 2010
Raising the Global Voice of Indigenous People and Creating New Platforms for Knowledge Sharing
(By Shayna Baile) What do local food festivals, global gatherings, and scoping missions all have in common? These initiatives form the base of efforts this first year of the Indigenous Partnership for Agrobiodiversity and Food Sovereignty coordinated by Phrang Roy, an…