News | 27 Nov, 2023
New report on High Seas Biodiversity Treaty gives accessible at-a-glance introduction
This introductory report's target audience is professionals from governments, civil society, private sector, and other stakeholders who know multilateral processes and treaties but are not high seas “BBNJ (biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction) experts”. The report is more digestible than…
News | 19 Jun, 2023
Last call from Blue Carbon Accelerator Fund for Design-Stage Project proposals
Story | 16 Mar, 2023
From cleaner oceans to thriving communities: the economic impacts of plastic pollution
With support from the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad), the Plastic Waste Free Islands project focused on six islands in the Pacific and the Caribbean regions: Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu, Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, and Saint Lucia. Three new economic briefs for the Caribbean,…
Story | 31 Jan, 2023
Judging complex societal change processes is made easier with new guidelines to assess contributions. An important contribution claim begins with the question, “How and why has the intervention made a difference, or not?”
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 | 25 Nov, 2019
Tangled roots and changing tides: law at the service of mangrove conservation and sustainable use
A pioneering global study details the legal and institutional frameworks governing mangroves and proposes solutions to address gaps and weaknesses identified.
Story | 05 Dec, 2016
Guatemala Holds 2nd National Congress on Climate Change
The National Congress on Climate Change, held in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, drew more than 700 people, including representatives of government, nongovernmental and civil society organizations, the private sector, and others.
Artículo | 11 Oct, 2016
Guatemala celebró el II Congreso Nacional de Cambio Climático
El Congreso Nacional de Cambio Climático se realizó en Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, albergando a más de 700 personas, entre ellas representantes del Sector Gubernamental, no Gubernamental, Sector Privado y representantes de sociedad civil entre otros.
Story | 11 Mar, 2015
Looking beyond boundaries for flooding solutions
The inhabitants of Monterrico Reserve in Guatemala had perceived an increase in the intensity and frequency of floods over recent years as a result of alterations made to the watersheds that had been made by sugar mills operating in the reserve’s surroundings.
Story | 12 Jun, 2014
arborvitae Issue 45 - Forest Landscape Restoration: Potential and Impacts