Story | 16 Jul, 2018
On 31 May 2018, Dib Hanna, repeat waste offender, was sentenced to three years imprisonment, with a two year and three month non-parole period, by Justice Brian Preston, Chief Judge of the Land and Environment Court of New South Wales, Australia.
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…
Story | 13 Jul, 2018
Evaluating indigenous and local peoples’ connections with nature: an ecosystem services framework
CEESP News - by Kamaljit K. Sangha; Research Fellow, Charles Darwin University, Australia
Indigenous and local peoples’ connections with nature are not only limited to the benefits or services people derive from ecosystems, as considered by international frameworks, but also entail…
Story | 29 Jun, 2018
A special Training Workshop on Geographic Information and Map Data Use was conducted at the University of Uva Wellassa in Badulla from 8-10 June 2018.
Story | 28 May, 2018
Contributing to greening post-crisis recovery for resilient reconstruction
Organized by UN Environment together with the Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction (PEDRR), the seminar was titled, “Greening post-crisis recovery for resilient reconstruction”. The seminar was held in Geneva from 25-27 April…
Story | 02 Apr, 2018
Celebrating the World Water Day 2018 at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel Colombo
The Cinnamon Grand Hotel in Colombo celebrated the “World Water Day” on 23 March 2018, with a special emphasis on conserving water and relevance of nature based solutions. The Guest Speech was delivered by Dr Ananda Mallawatantri, Country…
Story | 02 Apr, 2018
Investing in future: Enriching the Exhibition at a Leading Girls’ School in Colombo
To mark the 45th anniversary of Sirimavo Bandaranaike Vidyalaya in Colombo, a Science and Technology Exhibition was held from 7 to 8 March 2018 at the College premises. The exhibition, which aimed to enhance talents of school children through…
Grey literature | 2007
The red book of Southern Africa
A book illustrating the conservation status of thousands of plants and animals in the countries of the South African Development Community.
Grey literature | 2015
Greater bilby recovery summit 2015 : report and interim conservation plan
The following report and interim conservation plan is the result of a four-day intensive planning workshop for the Greater Bilby (Macrotis lagotis) involving 39 individuals that I would consider to be experts in their particular fields and representative of 29 organisations involved directly…
Grey literature | 2017
The Bellinger River Snapping Turtle (BRST) (Myuchelys georgesi) is a freshwater turtle endemic to a 60 km stretch of the Bellinger River, and possibly a portion of the nearby Kalang River in coastal north eastern New South Wales (NSW). In mid-February, 2015 a significant mortality event was…