By Michael Kwame Nkonu.听Like many countries in East Africa, Tanzania is dealing听with the impacts of climate change听which are often manifested in frequent and severe droughts in this part of the world. As observed in the听2003, 2005 and 2009 drought years, the听resultant drying out of key water鈥
By Irum Ahsan, Gregorio Rafael P. Bueta, and Briony Eales - The Asian Development Bank (ADB), in partnership with the Supreme Court of the Union of Myanmar and the United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment), hosted the Asia Pacific Judicial Conference on Environmental and Climate鈥
Representatives from 12 Asian countries met in Bangkok, Thailand on January 23-24, 2019 to exchange experiences on forest landscape restoration (FLR) and the Bonn Challenge. The workshop, ASEAN鈥檚 Leadership in Forest Landscape Restoration: Supporting the Bonn Challenge & the New York鈥
By Jaime Ubilla -听Traditional property rights have existed for more than 2000 years, but today we are witnessing the development of a new kind of property right: a conservation right (鈥淐onservation Right鈥), which has emerged from legal research conducted at the University of Edinburgh in the UK鈥
Three days of technical presentations related to accessing genetic resources and sharing of the benefits derived from their utilization, a Biodiversity Expo including cultural presentations on traditional knowledge by鈥
By Elizabeth Mrema - It is with deep sorrow and sadness that we have to inform you all that our friend, partner, colleague and learned brother, Bradnee Chambers, then Executive Secretary, Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) Secretary passed on January 23,鈥
Kilombero Valley, where Tanzania鈥檚 Kilombero Catchment is located, is immensely important to the nation and to the world due to its precious wetlands resources and ever-dependable rivers 鈥 enriching the soils and making the lands鈥
Blog by James Dalton. One of the increasingly common messages proposed for the management of water resources is 鈥榮ystems thinking鈥. The hydrological cycle is after all, a 鈥榮ystem鈥 鈥 a set of constituent parts and processes that work independently but also together, allowing water to flow, drain鈥
The Indo-Burma Ramsar Regional Initiative (IBRRI) has just launched its Strategic Plan for 2019-2024. The plan, which will help IBRRI fulfill its aim to support the effective implementation of the Ramsar Convention in the Indo-Burma region, consists of five 鈥溾
By Stefano Burchi & Owen McIntyre - WCEL has accepted an invitation to join the OECD Water Governance Initiative (WGI) as a new member and partner.
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