Story | 27 Jan, 2010
New policy brief from IIED: "Towards Food Sovereignty"
Executive summary: Localised food systems provide the foundations of people's nutrition, incomes, economies, ecologies and culture throughout the world. In this way food is primarily sold, processed, resold and consumed locally, with many people deriving their incomes and livelihoods through…
Story | 27 Jan, 2010
Planning for Sustainability in Kathmandu, Nepal: Developing Indicators and Implementing Policies
Abstract: Sustainability is now considered a key objective of urban planning everywhere. However, due to inappropriate planning, weak institutions, lack of resources and poor implementation of policies, most big cities in the developing world have become even less sustainable…
Story | 27 Jan, 2010
Biocultural Diversity Conservation: A Global Sourcebook
Given the growing focus within CEESP and IUCN in general on the links between culture and conservation and between biodiversity and cultural diversity, CEESP members should be interested in the forthcoming book Biocultural Diversity Conservation: A Global Sourcebook, by Luisa Maffi and Ellen…
Story | 27 Jan, 2010
In addition to the UN report which was recently released by the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, the book announced below has just been released by IWGIA, edited by Claire Charters and Rodolfo Stavenhagen, available for purchase at 20 euros, or you can download the book at the link below…
Story | 21 Jan, 2010
The Financial Costs of REDD - Evidence from Brazil and Indonesia
This study discusses the financial costs of abating greenhouse gas emissions through reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD). It is written from the perspective of an institutional investor seeking cost-effective mitigation options. A review of empirical data from…
Press release | 07 Jan, 2010
International Year of Biodiversity - investing in nature, improving lives
The International Year of Biodiversity has been launched at a ceremony in Berlin with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel warning that the world will face "enormous costs" if no action is taken to tackle climate change and to secure biodiversity.
Press release | 15 Dec, 2009
Don’t hold REDD hostage in Copenhagen
After good progress in week one, concerns remain that a deal on REDD-plus (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation) could yet stall on a small number of unresolved issues, or could be sacrificed because of lack of progress in other areas of the bigger deal, says IUCN.
Press release | 11 Dec, 2009
Changing climate change from Sweden to Colombia
Copenhagen, Denmark, 11 December, 2009 (IUCN) – Conserving and managing nature as a way to adapt to the impacts of climate change can benefit both wealthy and poor countries alike, the latest IUCN report has found.
Story | 26 Nov, 2009
What are Global Temperate Grasslands worth? A case for their protection
A Review of Current Research on their Total Economic Value
Story | 22 Nov, 2009
Extractive Industry Conference
CEESP/SEAPRISE members Rick Steiner and Richard Cellarius promote a new paradigm for Oil & Gas Development at the European Conference on Extractive Industries, Oct. 13th, 2009.