Story | 23 May, 2010
Asia-Pacific Science, Technology and Society Network (APSTSN)
With a focus on developing stronger regional networks and collaborations in the Asia-Pacific, the APSTSN has formed to better address environmental, cultural, social, ethical, and political and policy issues raised by scientific innovation and technological change in our region. Membership is…
Story | 23 May, 2010
Sharing Power: Learning by Doing in Co-Management of Natural Resources
The highly acclaimed publication, 'Sharing Power: Learning by Doing in Co-Management of Natural Resources' has been now been translated into French:
Story | 23 May, 2010
First Meeting of the IPCCA Local Assessments: Indigenous Epistemologies and Methods for Responding to Climate Change, 1-7 April 2010, Panama
Story | 23 May, 2010
Coping with Climate Change: How are Indigenous Peoples and Rural Communities Using Agrobiodiversity
We are pleased to share news on the participation of the Platform for Agrobiodiversity Research (PAR) in the Fourteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 14) of the Convention on Biological…
Story | 23 May, 2010
Mediating forest transitions: ‘grand design’ or ‘muddling through’?
"Present biodiversity conservation programmes in the remaining extensive forest blocks of the humid tropics are failing to achieve outcomes that will be viable in the medium to long term. Too much emphasis is given to what we term ‘grand design’—ambitious and idealistic plans for conservation…
Story | 22 May, 2010
Forest management in Africa: is wildlife taken into account?
"Human activities in tropical forests are disruptive processes and can trigger numerous, yet not completely understood, mechanisms or effects which will in turn alter, in a more or less significant way, the overall function, structure and composition of the ecosystem.
Story | 21 May, 2010
Reconciling conservation and development: are landscapes the answer?
"The landscape scale is being used for complex initiatives that have the dual objective of conserving biodiversity and alleviating poverty in developing countries. Working at landscape scales greatly expands the level of ambition of conservation organizations. The skills and competencies needed…
Story | 20 May, 2010
CEESP member (TILCEPA/TGER), Fred Nelson, of Maliasili Initiatives based in Arusha, Tanzania, organized and edited this recent volume on the politics of natural resource governance in eastern and southern Africa.