Leading high-level judges from around the world met for the 1st Meeting of the Interim Governing Committee (IGC) of the Global Judicial Institute on the Environment (GJIE) from 17-18 March in BrasÃlia (Brazil). This meeting preceded the Conference of Judges and Prosecutors on Water Justice…
Cat Ba is the largest of the 367 islands that make up the Cat Ba Archipelago, home of the Critically Endangered Cat Ba langur. Located near Hai Phong, Cat Ba is a national park as well as an…
The Lake Victoria Basin is internationally recognised for its high freshwater species diversity and endemism, which are of critical importance to local livelihoods and national economies within the basin. However, freshwater ecosystems within the region are highly threatened, with current …
Under the leadership of the Environmental Law Centre, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ and UNITAR have jointly developed a new e-learning course on ‘Integrated planning for climate change and biodiversity’. The course was launched on 20 March 2018, in Mbeya, Tanzania, by Dr Anna Sabrina Wollmann of the UN Institute for…
MFF and Marriott Resorts and Hotels have joined hands with Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University to improve the sustainability of communities’ livelihoods and bolster conservation efforts in Bangkaeo Sub-district of Samut Songkram Province, Central Thailand.Â
Teknaf Wildlife Sanctuary is crucial habitat for many species, but until recently, the forests of the peninsula and the mangroves along the bank of Naf River were the only sources of fuel wood for the nearby villages. The increased prevalence of wood cutting resulted…
Following the third Asia Protected Areas Partnership (APAP) Technical Workshop in Bhutan, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Asia had the opportunity to sit down with Minsun Kim, who recently joined the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Asia Regional Office in Bangkok as Programme Officer for Protected Areas. Minsun is on a special secondment from the…
European and global food systems will only be able to continue delivering if the natural world is in a healthy condition, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥â€™s Global Director for Policy, Cyriaque Sendashonga, said on Tuesday (27 March) during a major event in Brussels on the future of…
Noting World Water Day and reflecting on International Women's Day movements and Women's History Month in a number of countries, USAID and Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ examines its partnership on Advancing Gender in the Environment (AGENT), which aims to improve development outcomes by strengthening environmental…
The Sixaola river basin is shared between Costa Rica and Panama. Since 2011, the BRIDGE project: Building River Dialogue and Governance has worked to promote better cooperation around transboundary waters, implementing a non-conventional approach for hydrodiplomacy. This document summarizes the…