The 2nd National Meeting of Basin Councils was held June 6-10, 2016, in the municipality of Santa Cruz de Yojoa, Honduras
Achieving forest landscape restoration (FLR) at scale is contingent upon the engagement and commitment of thousands of landowners and communities. Add conducive public policies, economic and financial incentives, good governance, multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder approaches and capacity-鈥
The Bonn Challenge Barometer of Progress 鈥 a protocol that will monitor commitments made to the global restoration goal 鈥 was announced by 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 at the World Conservation Congress in Hawai鈥檌.聽
More than 400,000 people living near the mangrove forests of the Sundarbans in Bangladesh depend on forests for their livelihoods. Unfortunately, the health, wellbeing and quality of life of these people are often affected by recurring cyclones and poorly managed natural resources.鈥
Rural roads serve as lifelines for many communities in Nepal, but they also cause environmental degradation in the form of erosion, shallow landslides, and river sedimentation. As a solution, 鈥渆co-safe roads,鈥 or those that incorporate soil bio-engineering techniques to minimise negative鈥
The New Partnership on Africa鈥檚 Development (NEPAD) is convening governments and NGOs for a two-day conference on forest landscape restoration (FLR) in Africa. The meeting will be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from October 11 鈥 12, 2016.聽
Originally published in Global Water Forum,聽Monday 3 October 2016.聽To maximise downstream water quantity, you remove vegetation 鈥 all of it, including the trees. To counter rising carbon dioxide levels, you plant trees 鈥 lots of them. How should we do both?
Over the past three years, 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 has been working with Marriott Hotels & Resorts in Thailand to restore around nine hectares of mangroves. More than 50,000 mangrove trees have been planted in Thailand as a result of the project, which also works with local communities to take care of the鈥
The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) in the Indo-Burma region continues to gather momentum with the launch of two new calls for proposals, the organisation of capacity building events and discussions on the grant-making mechanism鈥檚 plans for the future.聽
Community-based coastal resources management works: 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 recently visited two successful 鈥榗rab banks鈥 in Bang Son Bay, where crab resources are enhanced by keeping female crabs in a shelter until they hatch their eggs, allowing them to release thousands of offspring into the sea. These crab鈥