On June 13th and 14th, 2016 a course on Water Governance in a National Context was held with approximately thirty representatives of the private sector to strengthen the dialogue on appropriate legal instruments for good water governance, provide technical inputs to strengthen capacities in鈥
Originally established in Thailand in 2004, the Green Fins approach, a tool for supporting adoption and implementation of best practices in the diving and snorkeling tourism industry, is now active in six countries in Asia and is currently being expanded to other regions.
Villagers see tangible benefits from safeguarding forested lands 鈹 now they look to the future聽
EU Environment Ministers met earlier this week to advance the debate on issues related to wildlife trafficking, the circular economy and climate change.
鈥淚 am very passionate about working with local communities as I believe it is a fundamental aspect for achieving conservation goals, contribute to communities鈥 well-being, and ensure programme sustainability.鈥 - Yus, Programme Manager for Wetlands International.聽As a partnership-led initiative,鈥
Despite a proliferation of legal instruments related to the environment, environmental challenges such as ecosystem degradation, climate change and species loss continue to accelerate.聽 At local, national and global scales, environmental legal systems are not consistently achieving the goals for鈥
Huanglianshan National Nature Reserve, located in Lu Chun County, southeastern Yunnan, was established in 1983 as a provincial reserve聽and promoted to a national reserve in 2003. To strengthen the link between the nature reserve and local communities, the Zoological Society of Yunnan鈥
An 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 advisory mission was invited by the State Party of Poland to the Bia艂owie偶a Forest this month to develop recommendations regarding how the recently adopted amendments to the Forest Management Plan for the Bia艂owie偶a Forest District relate to the needs for protection of the鈥
Koh Kong province is home to the largest mangrove forests in Cambodia, covering over 62,000 hectares and providing local communities with substantial direct benefits such as food and other non-timber forest products, as well as indirect benefits such as carbon sequestration, water cycling, and鈥
In December 2015, as part of a workshop on sustainable financing of fish conservation areas (FCAs), I聽visited a deep lake in the Tonle Sap called Beoung Periang, located in Chreav commune聽about 12 km from Siem Reap. The workshop was organised by the Fisheries Action Coalition Team (FACT) and鈥