Members and partners of the Indo-Burma Ramsar Regional Initiative (IBRRI), including government representatives, academics, international organisation partners of Ramsar and others, gathered in Yangon in late July to workshop the IBRRI Strategic Plan for Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and…
Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation and the World Commission of Protected Areas (WCPA) organised a training for the Green List Expert Assessment Group for the Maghreb countries (EAGL-Maghreb) from September 24 – 26 in Zaghouan, Tunisia.
On Friday 14th of September, Ms Sandeep K. Singh, Director of the Department of Environment from the Ministry of Waterways and Environment, launched a report describing Fiji’s Special, Unique Marine Areas (SUMA).
“I was appalled by the level of litter and rubbish that is spoiling the island. This problem needs to be addressed to attract foreign tourists. They will not come here if rubbish of all kinds, plastic bottles, paper, polystyrene are just thrown into the streets and…
With the aim to increase understanding key aspects of marine spatial planning (MSP) in the Pacific region, more than eighty participants from governments, NGO stakeholders and partners gathered in Nadi, Fiji on 11 September, 2018 for the Pacific Regional Peer-to-Peer Workshop on Marine Spatial…
Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ mourns the loss of Hugh Synge, who passed away on 4 August after a brief but fierce battle with cancer.
From the 19th to the 21st of June 2018, the Asia Protected Areas Partnership (APAP) hosted its fourth technical workshop in Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea. The event addressed the effective management of protected areas, and focused in particular on Management Effectiveness Evaluation (MEE) and…
Although the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Green List Standard has been developed as the basis of a certification process for the recognition and increase of the number of equitably governed and effectively managed protected and conserved areas globally, there is also…
The Private Natural Heritage Reserves (RPPN in Portuguese) in Brazil represent one of the largest privately protected area systems in the world, covering 48% of the country’s protected areas. Even if they cover only a relatively small proportion of Brazil’s territory, the RPPNs are well-placed…
On 12 April 2018, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) of the Royal Government of Cambodia issued a Ministerial Proclamation, announcing the establishment of the Kep province’s Koh Por and Koh Tonsay Archipelago Marine Fisheries Management Area (MFMA). Kep province, borders…