Story | 08 Jan, 2021
Communities combating fisheries crime and reef destruction
CEESP News by Venkat Ramakrishnan *
Reef Check Malaysia has been working on the ground addressing many challenges while protecting coral reefs and marine life in Malaysia. In this article, they describes how dangerous fish bombs are to marine life and local livelihoods, and how they are…
Story | 06 Jan, 2021
Women, Conflict, and Modern Mining in Rwanda during COVID-19
CEESP News: by Laine Munir *
Our ethnography examines how Rwanda’s current process of formalization and regulation of mining may impact rural women’s experiences with environmental, structural, and physical conflicts near extraction sites. In light of COVID-19’s socioeconomic effects,…
Story | 05 Jan, 2021
Coral restoration training on Fiji’s Coral Coast
CEESP News: by Victor Bonito, Director, Reef Explorer Fiji
With corals and coral reefs facing increasing threats, coral restoration has become a growing tool for conservation and marine management practitioners.
Story | 09 Dec, 2020
Learning to develop ecotourism packages that benefit conservation and local development
9 Mediterranean protected areas are developing ecotourism in their destinations, putting into action what they learnt in DestiMED PLUS project online training. The project pilot sites are adopting the MEET approach to develop, manage and promote ecotourism, which prioritize high standards of…
Story | 24 Nov, 2020
Seminar: “The value of Blue Carbon ecosystems for climate change adaptation and mitigation”
Date: 9-10 December 2020
Online 9:30-12:30 - Language: English/Spanish. Designed for research and conservation organizations
Story | 04 Nov, 2020
The MEET Network launches an online training to develop Ecotourism in protected areas
Thanks to a learning grant from the MAVA Foundation and project partners IUCN Med and Global Footprint Network, the MEET Network has launched a new online course on Conservation Training Platform. The training is primarily directed at Protected Areas staff interested in ecotourism development…
Story | 30 Oct, 2020
Moving forward on lobster fishery means addressing access and conservation
CEESP News: by Tony Charles*. Originally published on Policy Options, October 28, 2020
The situation unfolding in the Nova Scotia lobster fishery raises larger questions around who holds decision-making power over this natural resource.
Story | 26 Oct, 2020
Waste characterization study completed in Carriacou Island
A waste characterization study was successfully completed in Carriacou Island, Grenada, by the team of local consultants hired by the IUCN Plastic Waste-Free Islands (PWFI) partner, Asia Pacific Waste Consultants (APWC).
Story | 26 Oct, 2020
PWFI conducted online training sessions as part of an alternative methodology to cope with COVID-19
The global COVID-19 pandemic has forced the world to find new ways to operate to prevent a massive dissemination of the virus. Plastic Waste-Free Islands (PWFI) is no exception; the project has developed an online working methodology to continue its…
Story | 26 Oct, 2020
PWFI advancing its work in the Caribbean
Asia Pacific Waste Consultants (APWC), engaged by IUCN within the Plastic Waste-Free Islands (PWFI) project to create a flow analysis of plastics, has hired local teams in Grenada and Saint Lucia to gather in country and field-based auditing data on…