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CEESP NEWS - ByÌýRainforest Foundation UK
The Rainforest Foundation UK has launchedÌýRainforest Parks and PeopleÌý– an interactive website aimed at increasing the transparency and accountability…
Bonn, Germany, 13 November, 2017 (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥) – The number of natural World Heritage sites threatened by climate change has grown from 35 to 62 in just three years, with climate change being the fastest growing threat they face, according to a report released today by Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥, International Union for…
The Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ (International Union for the Conservation of Nature), the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, and the University of the West Indies through the Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES) are pleased to renew their commitment to improving the long-term…
Natural World Heritage sites are internationally recognised as having the highest global nature conservation priority. As of November 2017,Ìýthere are 241 natural and mixed (both cultural and natural) World HeritageÌýsites, representing about 0.1% of the total number of protected areas globally,…
CEESP News - byÌýAmeyali Ramos Castillo, Deputy Chair of CEESP
Oceans: immense ecosystem, absorbers of carbon, repositories of species, cornucopias of food... Oceans represent 99% of the living space on the planet and contain 97% of the Earth’s water.Ìý
Forests areÌýfundamental to climate change dialoguesÌýat the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Congress of Parties 23 (UNFCCC COP23).ÌýÏã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ isÌýengagingÌýin forest discussions at several venues, including theÌýÏã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ÌýPavilion, where anÌýarray of high-levelÌýand thought-provoking events…
Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ have formally accepted Xianju County, China, as partners in theÌýÏã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Green List programme.
Cooperative governance of the Ganges Brahmaputra Meghna Basins (GBM) region was strengthened through the recent launch of a Civil Society Organisation (CSO) vision for improved transboundary water management. The vision, which was developed by a network of over 25 CSOs from Bangladesh, Bhutan,…