National and international experts gathered last week in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, to discuss the importance of nominating biodiversity-rich areas of Central Asia as World Heritage sites, therefore recognising them as our planet’s most outstanding places of importance for all the humanity.
The Guidelines for Privately Protected Areas, Spanish version, has been released at the Lima, Peru CAPLAC III congress, with acknowledgement to the contributors from many nations and cultures. These privately protected areas are seen as an important piece in…
CEESP News: By Dr. Nathan Bennett, Chair of the 'People and the Ocean'Â CEESP Specialist Group.
The global rush to develop the ‘blue economy’ risks harming both the marine environment and human wellbeing. Bold policies and actions are urgently needed. This paper outlines five priorities…
The Governance Toolkit for managing Small-Scale Fisheries (SSF) in Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas (MPA) is a practical collection of 13 sustainable fishery management-related solutions. The Toolkit is ready to be used in any Mediterranean MPA, and will be crucial for setting up policy…
Regional partnership for Eastern Europe and Central Asia was launched on 9 October 2019 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, to facilitate reporting on the achievement of Target 11. As a first step, representatives of the Russian Federation and five Central Asian countries agreed to update the World Database…
From 23 to 26 September, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Lao PDR organised a citizen journalism training in Champhone district, Savannakhet province. Around 30 community members from the 16 villages located within the Xe Champhone Ramsar site and staff from the District and Provincial Offices of the Natural Resources and…
On 4th October, 2019, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ was honoured with a special recognition award from the Government of Ghana for the organisation’s immense contribution to the REDD+ process in Ghana.
For forest landscape restoration (FLR) to be sustainable and responsive to multiple developmental and environmental needs, we need dialogue and coordination among sectors, actors and institutions. FLR initiatives involve a web of multiple and diverse stakeholder groups and sectors – such as (sub…
#NatureForAll is a global movement championed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥) and launched by the Commission on Education and Communication (CEC) and World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) to…
The New Technologies course will be available for the first time from October, joining the existing courses of Protected Area management, Ecological monitoring, Law enforcement, Species conservation, and Valorisation of natural resources and sustainable tourism.