Da Nang City, the third largest city in Viet Nam, is taking important initiatives to protect nature. Known as the most livable city in Viet Nam, Da Nang is remarkable not only for its policy to become an environmental city by 2020 but also for the fact that its local communities also take a …
Ancient irrigation tanks in the dry zone of Sri Lanka play a vital role in economic, social, cultural and environmental aspects in the country. There are about 14,000 small tanks and 13,000 anicuts, feeding an extent of about 246,000 hectares, approximately 39% of the total irrigable area.
The World Wetlands Day is celebrated every year on 2 February. This day marks the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands on 2 February 1971, in the Iranian city of Ramsar on the shores of the Caspian Sea.
With funding support from the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF), the Cambodian Rural Development Team (CRDT), which is active in nine villages over four communes and two districts in Stung Treng Province, has been working on a project called “Changing Perceptions for Active Biodiversity…
In January, Bangladesh banned the vulture-toxic veterinary drug, Ketoprofen in two Vulture Safe Zones (VSZs) in an attempt to protect the country’s remaining vulture population from extinction. The banning of this drug has cumulated from two years of groundwork from local to national levels…
Forest and Wildlife Department, Government of Sindh and Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Pakistan jointly commenced the Spring Plantation Campaign of the Sindh Province at Keti Bunder today. The event attracted Senior Government Official of the Forest and Wildlife Department, Media and Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Staff.Â
CEESP News - by Christoph Weigl
The 36-Member Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥â€™s Global Council in its first meeting held on February 8th, 2017 at Gland, Switzerland elected former Minister of State from Pakistan, Mr. Malik Amin Aslam Khan as Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥â€™s Global Vice President for the period 2017-2020. In this role, he will advise and closely assist the…
In January 2017, Antonio H. Benjamin became the first Chair of the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ World Commission on Environmental Law to ever visit Vietnam. WCEL membership has great potential to grow and the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Vietnam Country Office in Hanoi provides great opportunities for increased cooperation. Additionally, the…
In January 2017, WCEL Chair Antonio Benjamin made a 10-day visit to India. With the support of the Brazilian Mission to India, Justice Benjamin met with leading judicial and environmental institutes, and individuals in three cities: Mumbai, New Delhi, and Chennai. India is one of 17 megadiverse…