Story | 24 Mar, 2020
Regional economic communities increase engagement with the Eastern and Southern Africa Resource Hub
Eastern and Southern Africa Resource Hub plans joint actions with Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to meet their conservation priorities
Story | 24 Mar, 2020
Improve management effectiveness of protected areas – a way forward to achieve conservation goals
The Biodiversity and Protected Areas Management (BIOPAMA) Programme hosted the Integrated Management Effectiveness Tool (IMET) training workshop from 4 to 6 February 2020 in Kigali, Rwanda. A total of 31 participants from 20 African countries, representing…
Story | 23 Mar, 2020
Conservation through private initiative: A case study in the Western Ghats, India
CEESP News - by Venkat Ramakrishnan, CEESP member
This is the story of indigenous people living in or near one of the Western Ghats’ forests, and their right to continue living there with a sense of dignity and purpose.
Story | 23 Mar, 2020
Ethiopia: pilot visit for the development of the Regional Resource Hub
A pilot visit for the development of the Regional Resource Hub (RRH) took place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 18 to 21 February 2020. It was the last of three pilot country visits carried out…
Story | 22 Mar, 2020
An integrative approach to assess and mitigate the social impacts of a disaster
CEESP News: by Renata Bennet, Communication Officer at IUCN, on behalf of the Rio Doce Panel
A new publication released by the Rio Doce Panel recommends the adoption of an integrative approach to human and ecosystem health for a sustainable recovery of the Rio Doce Basin in the context…
Story | 21 Mar, 2020
BIOPAMA supports ground actions in Eastern and Southern Africa
The BIOPAMA Action Component provides funding opportunities to address protected and conserved areas, sustainable use of biodiversity, natural resources priorities for actions on the ground in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP) countries. By adopting a landscape approach, these actions…
Story | 16 Mar, 2020
Report: the Baltic Sea binds five reports on plastics into one compilation, linked by location
Plasticus Mare Balticum is a compilation of five different reports with a common base: The Baltic Sea, the countries which border it, the plastics flowing into it, and the lives which are affected by it.
1. The marine plastic footprint.
2. Microplastic effect on frozen seas.…
Story | 15 Mar, 2020
Rethinking the 'know-how' and the 'being'
CEESP News: by Sandra Pilar Sanchez, Economist, Manager in International Business, Maître ès sciences, M. Sc
Living in times when much transformation is urgently needed, at many levels, this article…
Story | 12 Mar, 2020
Report: Blue Infrastructure Finance, where all win
All coastal and marine ecosystems are critical to human well-being and global biodiversity. Mangroves, coral reefs, and seagrass beds are examples of these. But urban and rural infrastructure investments are having a heavy negative impact on these systems, and it is…
Story | 12 Mar, 2020
Leaders for Nature India in-company session on biodiversity management at HZL operational sites
IUCN India under Leaders For Nature programme organised an in-company session at Hindustan Zinc Limited, Udaipur, Rajasthan on 28th February 2020.