CEESP News by Venkat Ramakrishnan *
Reef Check Malaysia has been working on the ground addressing many challenges while protecting coral reefs and marine life in Malaysia. In this article, they describes how dangerous fish bombs are to marine life and local livelihoods, and how they are…
Experience has shown that for forest landscape restoration (FLR) to be successful, it needs to be supported by policies that incentivize, facilitate and mobilize the implementation of FLR. This Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ brief describes a range of FLR-supportive policies, complemented by…
After the 30-year long civil war was over, the Government of Sri Lanka commenced an accelerated programme to develop the Northern Province. If not carefully planned, such a programme will result in the loss of biodiversity and the consequent loss of services that ecosystems provide humans.…
A successful process to advance forest landscape restoration (FLR) needs to motivate, enable and resource its implementation. This brief offers a preliminary exploratory analysis of some of the range of policies that respond to each of these three requirements.Â
The first part of this document offers guidance to assess the development of new or existing inter-institutional coordination mechanisms (ICMs) for forest landscape restoration (FLR). The second part presents an analysis of two case studies of ICMs from TRI country projects where the network…
The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) and Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥, serving as regional implementation team, are delighted to announce the launch of a new phase of investment in the Indo-Burma Biodiversity Hotspot. Over the period 2020 to 2025, CEPF will award at least US$10 million in grants for…
Gland, Switzerland - The European Green Deal is aligned to mobilise action on nature-based solutions (NbS) and, at the same time, help deliver the European Recovery Package, according to Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥, which co-hosted a virtual event this week the German…
Ecosystems are critically important components of Earth’s biological diversity and as the natural capital that sustains human life and well-being. Yet all of the world’s ecosystems show hallmarks of human influence, and many are under acute risks of collapse, with consequences for habitats of…
The new dates for IMPAC5, Vancouver, Canada, have been announced: 3-9 February, 2023. Co-hosts Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ and the Canadian Government, together with the international committee for IMPAC5, invite you to prepare.Â
Around the world, gender-based violence affects sustainable and equitable natural resource access and control - and solutions are urgently needed. Four projects will work to address these issues in wildlife and forestry conservation.