A new book, Sacred Natural Sites: Conserving nature and culture , has been launched by Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ at the Convention on Biological Diversity conference in Nagoya, Japan. The book is based on experience from around the world which highlights the importance of sacred natural sites in biodiversity…
Preliminary analysis shows that an estimated 1.5 billion hectares of the world’s lost and degraded forests, an area almost the size of Russia, could be restored. This is the result of the latest global research, which now needs to be expanded at a national level to identify specific on the…
Policy Matters 17, November 2010 - Exploring the Right to Diversity in Conservation Law, Policy, and Practice" The 17th issue of Policy Matters, the CEESP journal, was released in October at the 10th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Convention on Biological…
'Lives of the Forest' is a new video created by indigenous activists from across the Asia Pacific region exploring the likely impacts of the UN's REDD programme on indigenous resources and lifestyles. It was created during a participatory video facilitator training in Ifugao (Philippines) by…
'Los Derechos de la Pachamama' is an emotional and inspiring video that was created as a joint project between five indigenous communities in Peru with the message: 'We wish from out hearts that these rights we are proposing will be added to and that people across the world…
CEESP SEAPRISE Members Clive Wicks and Sandra Kloff and Paul Siegel have just published a best practice guide 'Extractive Industries and sustainable development'. Available in English and French.
To further learning on human rights issues in conservation contexts, the Conservation Initiative on Human Rights (CIHR) hosted a scoping meeting from 2-3 November 2010, at WWF-US (Washington, DC) and BirdLife International (Cambridge, UK).
November 22-24 Doris Cellarius attended a 3-day meeting at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ in Gland, Switzerland, as a representative of CEESP to assist in defining Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥'s vision for sustainable bioenergy. The meeting was designed to build stronger linkages between the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Secretariat, its regional offices,…
"The 17th issue of Policy Matters, the CEESP journal, was released in October at the 10th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity in Nagoya, Japan. This issue of Policy Matters is titled, "Exploring the Right to Diversity in Conservation Law, Policy…
'Economics and Ecosystems demonstrates how the concepts of economic efficiency, sustainability and equity can be applied in ecosystem management. The book presents an overview of these three concepts, a framework for their analysis and modelling, and three case studies.