The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) continue to influence global development policy in the coming decade. Under SDG15, Target 15.3 calls to “combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land…
Palm oil dominates the headlines, and for good reason. It’s a commodity that many of us depend on, yet it takes its toll on whole landscapes – famously triggering the destruction of diverse forests to convert into palm plantations. There is no…
Recent climate change vulnerability assessments conducted in wetland sites in Viet Nam as a component of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥â€™s Mekong WET project highlighted that rice farming, the main income of wetland communities, will be affected by changes in rainfall…
Within a landscape of overlapping ecological,Ìýsocial and economic priorities, there exists a fundamental need to balance the land use dynamics of natural resource management withÌýenvironmental and livelihood considerations. However, in striving to reach such a balance,Ìýpeople and local…
CEESP News: byÌýDr Lea Scherl and Elise Huffer (CEESP Regional Vice Chair, Oceania).
Side event by CEESP membersÌýat the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Oceania Regional Forum looked at the issues ofÌýSocial Development, Governance, and Wellbeing in Natural Resource Management
The world’s cities cover only 3% of the Earth’s land but consume 60-80% of manufactured energy and are responsible for 70% of carbon emissions. However, cities and urban ecosystems have unparalleled potential to conserve…
Biodiversity is inherently linked to well-beingÌýand its declineÌýis everyone’s problem, says expert group. Addressing the problem isn’t free. Financing needs to be directed into biodiversity-friendly production to reach national and international biodiversity targets.
Over 200 experts, specialists, senior Government officials, community and youth representatives from 24 countries of Eastern and Southern Africa declared a call for action to secure a future for Nature, People and Future generations in Africa, at theÌý ESARO Regional Conservation Forum (RCF) held…
Communities and nature win with eco-branded rice
By Raphaelle Flint,ÌýMarine Programme Officer, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Global Marine & Polar Programme Ìý
On the occasion of World Mangrove Day, let’s hear it for mangroves the super ecosystem of tropical and subtropical latitudes!
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