Story | 09 May, 2012
IFCA Pushes for Clarity on Accounting of Forest Carbon Credits
If companies don’t know how to account for carbon credits, they don’t really know how to deal in them – and, with no agreed-on rules for such accounting, each company is following its own rules. That could cost dearly down the road, which is why the International Forest Carbon Association…
Story | 09 May, 2012
FOREST PEOPLES: Numbers across the world
By providing estimated figures for indigenous and forest peoples’ populations in countries and regions across the globe, this new Forest Peoples Programme report seeks to raise awareness of the existence of peoples who primarily depend on forests for their livelihoods, and to enhance…
Story | 09 May, 2012
Biocultural Community Protocols: A Toolkit for Community Facilitators (Natural Justice)
Biocultural community protocols can serve as a platform for communities to engage with external actors such as government agencies, researchers, NGOs, and the private sector according to their own terms, plans, priorities, and rights and responsibilities.
Story | 09 May, 2012
Community Futures, Legal Architecture: Foundations for Indigenous Peoples in the Global Mining Boom
How are indigenous and local people faring in their dealings with mining and related industries in the first part of the 21st century? The unifying experience in all the resource-rich states covered in the book is the social and economic disadvantage experienced by indigenous peoples and…
Story | 09 May, 2012
International land deals: who is investing and where - get the data
Over the past few years, so-called "land grabs" have become an increasingly hot topic. But reliable data has been hard to find. Now, an international coalition of NGOs and research groups has…
Story | 09 May, 2012
Linking Poverty Alleviation to Ecosystem Service Payments in Asia Pacific
“Linking Poverty Alleviation to Ecosystem Service Payments in Asia Pacific: A Call to Action”. The Foundation for Development Cooperation produced the following Discussion Paper in March 2012 “Linking Poverty Alleviation to Ecosystem Service Payments in Asia Pacific: A Call to Action”. …
Story | 08 May, 2012
The CBD Secretariat have released a report written by CEESP Members Tristan Tyrrell and Janis Alcorn for the CBD on Analysis of possible indicators to measure impacts of REDD+ on biodiversity and on indigenous and local communities
Story | 08 May, 2012
Indigenous Resource Management Systems: A holistic approach to nature and livelihoods
The following article, by Maurizio Farhan-Ferrari, Coordinator of FPP's Environmental Governance Programme, and CEESP Member, was recently published on the Landscapes Blog for People, Food and Nature.
Story | 23 Apr, 2012
Top global platform on biodiversity and its benefits established
After several years of international negotiations, the final operational design of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) was agreed upon during the Second Plenary Session to…
Story | 22 Apr, 2012
IUCN Director General calls for women’s access to energy at the EU Sustainable Energy for All Summit
IUCN Director General Julia Marton-Lefèvre called for education and career opportunities for women in the energy sector during the…