Story | 05 Sep, 2019
Cities launch park-based programmes to reap health, biodiversity, and financial harvest
Urban biodiversity and healthy natural ecosystems offer a range of benefits to human society, including providing cleaner water, reducing flood risk and storing carbon.
Story | 13 Jul, 2019
Why do Australia’s environmental laws fail to save our species from extinction?
By Afshin Akhtar-Khavari et al. - Transformative change is needed in Australia to deal with its extinction record, which is being further exacerbated by large resource extraction approvals and increased urbanization. Legal opportunities are procedurally and jurisdictionally complex and…
Story | 22 May, 2019
Restoration opportunities in the heart of DRC
IUCN, the government, partners, and a key local governance working group collaborate to ensure sustainable land management in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Mangai landscape – through the application of the restoration opportunities assessment methodology.
Story | 04 Oct, 2018
Establishing the Governance Working Group in the Mangai landscape in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is a crucial step in managing forests landscapes
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 | 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…
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…
Story | 13 Nov, 2017
Rainforest Foundation UK launches new interactive website on the human impacts of protected areas
CEESP NEWS - By Rainforest Foundation UK
The Rainforest Foundation UK has launched Rainforest Parks and People – an interactive website aimed at increasing the transparency and accountability…