A BMU-IKI funded project titled Locally Empowered Area Protection (LEAP) is helping to build artisanal fishers' capacity to improve their livelihoods while reducing pressure on natural resources.
The 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 SSC/WCPA Marine Mammal Protected Areas Task Force (鈥渢he Task Force鈥) today announces the approval of thirteen new Important Marine Mammal Areas (IMMAs) in the Extended Southern Ocean Region.
"Rural development is all about improving the living conditions of people living in the rural areas. Restoring degraded and deforested land makes a great contribution towards this end. I strongly believe that Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) is key as natural resources play a central role in鈥
"Born and living in a country that is home to nearly 5% of the world biodiversity may mean that we do not often ask ourselves why we love nature and why we should conserve it. But in my view, nature made our past, our evolution and constitutes our future," says聽Liliane Parany, a water and forest鈥
The cloud-forested slopes and misty valleys of the Imawbum mountain range are the ancestral home of the Lhaovo, Lisu, Achang and Lachik communities. Twenty-four villages, interconnected by steep pathways and tracks, support nearly 1,600 households. The communities have a vibrant and diverse鈥
The world鈥檚 rangers play a vital, but often undervalued role in managing protected and conserved areas, cultural sites and biodiversity. Without them, we would see more deforestation, biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation. Many rangers also protect the resources of people whose lives and鈥
This聽announcement means India is the first among the 13 tiger range countries to nationally adopt CA|TS, which are a set of minimum standards setting the benchmark for managing conservation sites. This brings India鈥檚 total number of registered sites to 94 (which includes sites not in tiger鈥
The measures taken to prevent or control the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic introduced challenges in the management of Africa鈥檚 protected areas (PAs) that had never been experienced before. As a result, most operations were scaled down or suspended, visitor facilities closed to the public,鈥
A ranger鈥檚 job is more multifaceted than it may appear from the outside looking in. Each day can be different than the previous 鈥 mainly because the assignments are so wide-ranging, and, in part, because rangers never know what type of conditions might come their way. Duties can include tour鈥
CEESP News: by Dr. J. Marc Foggin and Dr. Sarah J. Halvorson,聽Guest Editors *
The journal聽Sustainability聽has recently launched a special issue on聽Inclusive Governance and Management of Protected and Conserved Areas.聽 This is an opportunity to present case studies, research findings and鈥