Story | 21 Mar, 2020
Redefining Concepts around Natural Resources and the Environment
CEESP News - by Mahdi Kolahi, Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
When studying or working in natural resources or environmental fields, it is always a question how to call, for example, nature, natural things, and the environment!…
Story | 19 Mar, 2020
CEESP News - by Nyoman Iswarayoga, Director of External Affairs of Restorasi Ekosistem Riau
The importance of partnerships between the public and private sectors to support forest conservation and restoration was recognized earlier this year, at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Heads…
Press release | 19 Mar, 2020
Conservation efforts bring cautious hope for African rhinos - IUCN Red List
Gland, Switzerland, 19 March 2020 (IUCN) – The African Black Rhino remains Critically Endangered, but its population is slowly increasing as conservation efforts counter the persistent threat of poaching, according to today’s update of the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM…
Story | 19 Mar, 2020
كوفيد - 19 و حماية التنوع الحيوي (مترجم عن مقالة لــ بيل ادامز)
أن كوفيد – 19 هي بمثابة مكالمة استيقاظ. من المؤكد أنها تجعلني أعيد النظر في الكثير من الأشياء، التى تسليني بعيدا عن العديد من الأفكار المزعجة والمقلقة. ولكن هناك قيمة في اجباري على التفكير ، وحتى الحصول على الوقت للقيام بذلك. ذكرني أحد الأشخاص الأسبوع الماضي بالقول المأثور القديم في كلية…
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 | 16 Mar, 2020
Fostering regional cooperation to strengthen wetlands conservation in the Indo-Burma Region
From 26 to 28 February, the Indo Burma Ramsar Regional Initiative (IBRRI) held its Third Annual Meeting in Siem Reap, Cambodia, with participants from governments, NGOs, and Ramsar International Organization Partners (IOPs). Participants shared successes and challenges in wetland conservation in…
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
Inspiring Youth to be the Young Ambassadors for Nature
IUCN India in collaboration with Ecoroots Foundation organised an interactive workshop on nest building with the young minds of K. R. Mangalam Global School, New Delhi
Story | 11 Mar, 2020
Ecosystem restoration project in a private (not “privately”) protected area in Chilean Patagonia
CEESP News - by John Whitelaw and Elena Sobakina, Proyecto Pichimahuida
A strictly private project of ecosystem restoration, the main feature of which is a successful rebuilt of native forest by active reforestation, complemented by a variety of restorative and protective measures,…