Around 40 participants from 12 different countries within the Asia-Pacific Region gathered in Pattaya, Thailand, where the Blue Solutions Fair took place from 13 to 16 March. The mission of this four-day event was to explore sustainable ways to address climate change for resilient coastal…
25th anniversary of the reintroduction of Przewalski’s horse
Over 80 conservation practitioners from across Asia came together to learn about ways of reducing and preventing human-wildlife conflict (HWC) at a technical workshop organised under the auspices of the Asia Protected Areas Partnership (APAP)in Bhutan, a country that…
The Seychelles Islands Foundation has recently started a new project funded by the Indian Ocean Commission and European Union to improve biosecurity measures for Aldabra, entitled, ‘Institutionalisation and implementation of biosecurity measures to ensure sustainable…
March, 2018. During his first visit to the Headquarters of the Regional Office for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean (ORMACC) located in San Jose, Costa Rica, the President of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥, Dr. Zhang Xinsheng, stressed the…
Dr Nguyen Ba Thu, a long-serving Vietnamese champion for protected areas and nature conservation and Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ supporter, sadly passed away on 13 March 2018. Dr Nguyen Ba Thu was the former Director of Cúc PhÆ°Æ¡ng National Park, Viet Nam’s first official protected area, and former Director of the Viet…
Nsumbu National Park is located across the districts of Mpulungu and Nsama in Zambia’s Northern Province and falls within the biodiverse Albertine Rift region of East-Central Africa, covering an area of approximately 2,020 km². Nsumbu NP hosts patches of rare and endangered Itigi-Sumbu thicket,…
CEESP News: Rainforest Foundation UK
A new report published in December 2017 by the Rainforest Foundation UK exposes the impacts of two national parks on local and indigenous communities in the Republic of Congo.
Local and indigenous communities living in and around Nouabale…
Suva, Fiji, 09 March 2018 (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥) – Reminiscing the adventures of growing up around mangrove forests in Fiji, Fiji's Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN), Ambassador Peter Thompson, who is also serving as the UN Special Envoy for Oceans, shared opening remarks with participants of…