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 | 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 | 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.…