The Regional Center for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ ESARO have signed an implementation agreement for the development of a Regional Resource Hub (RRH) under the Biodiversity and Protected Area Management (BIOPAMA)…
CEESP News: By Dr. Dilys Roe, Chair of the 'Sustainable Use and Livelihoods' CEESP/SSCÂ Specialist Group.
Tracking rare mountain gorillas is on the bucket list of many a traveller – both at the luxury end of the market and for backpackers. But what about the people who live in the same…
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…
From 9 -12 September, journalists from Viet Nam Television and Vietnam News collaborated with Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ to conduct a training on citizen journalism for local community members from three wetlands sites. The training took place in U…
Thirty community members and wetland managers from three Mekong WET focal sites in Cambodia recently attended a citizen journalism training workshop in Koh Kong City. Conducted by Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥, in collaboration with Apsara TV, a national media outlet,…
Thirty participants representing a wide range of stakeholders from six countries in Central and West Africa attended a Regional Seminar on Wildlife Crime – Case Law Collection and Analysis in Central Africa.Â
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 11 October 2019 (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥) – Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ has issued an urgent call to massively scale up species conservation action in response to the escalating biodiversity crisis. The Abu Dhabi Call for Global Species Conservation Action appeals to the world’s governments,…
BYCATCH - The Med Bycatch Project has just issued a practical guide to help fishing communities and on board observers identify and monitor vulnerable marine species potentially bycaught in the Mediterranean, such as cartilaginous fish (sharks, rays, chimarera), sea turtles, seabirds, marine…
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…
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.