The number of amphibian reintroductions and other conservation translocations has increased in recent decades. Amphibian reintroductions are challenging and may not always work, but amphibian reintroductions may be the best or only option for conserving some species. Clearer guidance to plan,…
On April 27, 2021 in cooperation with MONRE’s Biodiversity Conservation Agency (BCA), Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ organized a half-day workshop in Hanoi to present the Vietnamese translation of the IPBES Global Assessment for Policy-makers. The translation and workshop…
Gibbons are great apes. There. We’ve said it. The purists may pooh-pooh the idea, but ours isn’t a scientific definition. These so-called lesser apes may not officially rank alongside the big guns of the primate world, but in their own…
A video is now available of the public event held April 20, 2021, to celebrate the launch of the new CCRN book, co-published by Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥-CEESP: Communities, Conservation and Livelihoods. Â
CEESP News: by Fikret Berkes, University of Manitoba*
As more and more terrestrial and marine regions come under protected area status, the idea of community-based conservation becomes…
H.E. Varawut Silpa-archa, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, encouraged the nation to celebrate National Mangrove Day and the success Thailand has had in increasing mangrove forest areas. In addition, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Mr.…
This is the sixth in a series of interviews with the network of Hoverfly Experts involved in developing the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥â€™s European Red List (ERL) of Hoverflies. The project aims to assess the extinction risk of hoverfly species across Europe, and will contribute to guiding decisions and conservation…
With the goal of elevating the market value of wetland products and encouraging the protection of wetland ecosystems, researchers from Can Tho University, in collaboration with the staff of U Minh Thuong National Park and Ramsar Site, organised training
Working closely with ten organisations in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal, the Building River Dialogue and Governance for Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna river basins (BRIDGE GBM) project, facilitated by Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥, has…
Ranging from forests in Senegal to the Zanzibar Archipelago, red colobus monkeys (Piliocolobus spp.) are the most threatened group of African monkeys. According to the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM in 2020, every form of red colobus monkey is threatened with extinction, and 14 of the 18…