Story | 16 Nov, 2021
Throughout 2021, Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) collaborated with local and national government agencies and community members surrounding Boeung Prek Lapouv Protected Landscape to restore flooded forests and seasonally inundated…
Story | 15 Nov, 2021
National Workshop on MIS/Log-frame of the Ten Billion Trees Tsunami Programme kicks off in Islamabad
A 3-Day National Workshop on Ten Billion Trees Tsunami Programme (TBTTP) was inaugurated today in Islamabad. The workshop was jointly organized by the Ministry of Climate Change Government of Pakistan, KfW, and Third Party Monitoring Consortium: IUCN Pakistan, FAO Pakistan and WWF-Pakistan…
Story | 27 Oct, 2021
The black jaguar and the guardian of the forest
CEESP News: By Maycon Melo, PhD, and Barbara Arisi, PhD *
In Brazil, a group of hunters killed a black jaguar. Not satisfied with the crime of killing an endangered animal, they made a video where one of them shows the magnificent animal between his arms while threatening the Guardians…
Story | 15 Oct, 2021
IUCN Introduces Climate Change Planning into Balochistan Government Ranks
A 5-Day Training Workshop concluded here today in Karachi, imparting key lessons and techniques in climate change adaptation and mitigation to officials from different line departments of the Balochistan Government.
Story | 24 Sep, 2021
Adapting to Salinity in the Southern Indus Basin project launched in Karachi
The launch of the ‘Adapting to Salinity in the Southern Indus Basin (ASSIB’) project, funded by the Australian government through the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), took place at a local hotel in Karachi today by way of a stakeholder inception workshop…
Story | 10 Sep, 2021
Community-level responses to ‘forest violence’ in Cambodia
Excerpt from the special issue of the CEESP publication Policy Matters, focusing on the stories and voices of environmental defenders. Article by Hollie Grant and Philippe Le Billon*
Story | 11 Aug, 2021
Panel recommends actions to benefit long-term governance in the recovery of the Rio Doce region
The Rio Doce Panel advocates building a common vision for the long-term governance of the watershed after the Fundão dam failure
Publication | 2021
From restoration to responsive governance
The Rio Doce watershed and its adjacent coastal and marine areas have been affected by centuries of extractive activities and unsustainable agricultural practices. When the Fundão tailings dam collapsed on 5 November 2015, a wave of mud swept down the river to the sea, causing 19 deaths,…
Blog | 29 Jul, 2021
Protecting people and biodiversity: Addressing gender-based violence (GBV) and conservation links
Around the world, GBV creates a barrier to conservation efforts and the sustainable and equitable access and control of natural resources.