Story | 31 Jul, 2020
Global Tiger Day 2020: India adopts CA|TS standards across all 50 tiger reserves
This announcement means India is the first among the 13 tiger range countries to nationally adopt CA|TS, which are a set of minimum standards setting the benchmark for managing conservation sites. This brings India’s total number of registered sites to 94 (which includes sites not in tiger…
Story | 22 Jul, 2020
A virtual session on Natural Capital for the supply chain of Toyota Kirloskar Motor Private Limited was conducted on 2nd July 2020.
Story | 22 Jul, 2020
An online in-company session on “Importance of Urban Biodiversity and Role of Individual Contribution and Nest Building Workshop” was conducted on 29th June 2020 for TATA Steel Limited.
Story | 22 Jul, 2020
Leaders for Nature India In-company session for Hindustan Zinc Limited on World Environment Day
IUCN India under Leaders for Nature programme organised an online in-company session for Hindustan Zinc Limited (HZL) on 5th June 2020 on “Biodiversity and Us”.
Story | 21 Jul, 2020
Restoring the Rio Doce watershed requires adaptive measures to address climate change
The Rio Doce Panel’s new report highlights the region's vulnerability to climate extremes and recommends that the Renova Foundation and other actors build a joint action plan in response to the climate emergency.
Story | 20 Jul, 2020
New IUCN paper examines key success factors for building effective business platforms
To accelerate meaningful conservation action and partnerships with the private sector, a new paper published today examines the key success factors and challenges across nine IUCN-backed business and biodiversity platforms.
Publication | 2020
Mainstreaming climate change in the Rio Doce watershed restoration
Increased risk of climate change makes the communities in the Rio Doce more vulnerable to events, such as flooding, landslides and coastal erosion, indicating the need for policies and investments to build institutional and societal resilience for climate change adaptation, particularly in…
Story | 17 Jun, 2020
Health management in tiger reserves
Concurrent with human population explosion in tiger range countries is the increase in livestock and pet animal numbers, leading to a higher contact rate between them and wildlife species at the human-wildlife interface.
Story | 07 Jun, 2020
Conservation of genetic resources of spices, plantation, medicinal and aromatic crops
CEESP News - by Dr. Raviraja Shetty G*, University of Agricultural & Horticultural Sciences, Shivamogga, India
A 10-day short course training programme was organized to enhance the knowledge of teachers, scientists, researchers, and extension workers on “Recent advances in…
Story | 05 Jun, 2020
Conservation, Economic Reactivation and COVID-19 in Peruvian Amazon Indigenous Communities
CEESP News: by Ana Watson & Conny Davidsen, University of Calgary. Department of Geography - Environmental Governance Research Group. University of Calgary*
The COVID-19 crisis calls us to critically analyze the role of the state in extraction and conservation projects in…