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…
Press release | 22 May, 2010
One step forward to halting biodiversity loss?
Governments have made “positive moves” towards coming up with a plan to reduce the current loss of biodiversity, which is threatening the future of our planet. Over the past two weeks, delegates at a meeting in Nairobi have been discussing the scientific and technical aspects behind a new “big…
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.
Story | 20 May, 2010
A Roadmap for Integrating Human Rights into the World Bank Group
CEESP TSEAPRISE member, Robert Goodland has been involved in a significant report on human rights and the World Bank.
Story | 20 May, 2010
Where the Dragon Meets the Angry River
CEESP Financial Officer and TSEAPRISE member recommends this new publication if you have any interest in China or how the government and people deal with nature and conservation.
Story | 20 May, 2010
“Towards Food Sovereignty”, 2009. By Michel Pimbert. The Gatekeeper Series No 141, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
Story | 20 May, 2010
Linking farmers' movements for advocacy and practice, 2010
Eric Holt-Giménez Guest Editor; Roland Bunch; Jorge Irán Vasquez; John Wilson; Michel P. Pimbert; Bary Boukary; Cathleen Kneen. Journal of Peasant Studies 37: 1, 203-236
Story | 20 May, 2010
Jorge Varela Márquez, CEESP TGER Member and GOLDMAN PRIZE, 1999