"Present biodiversity conservation programmes in the remaining extensive forest blocks of the humid tropics are failing to achieve outcomes that will be viable in the medium to long term. Too much emphasis is given to what we term 鈥榞rand design鈥欌攁mbitious and idealistic plans for conservation鈥
Governments have made 鈥減ositive moves鈥 towards coming up with a plan to reduce the current loss of biodiversity, which is threatening the future of our planet. Over the past two weeks, delegates at a meeting in Nairobi have been discussing the scientific and technical aspects behind a new 鈥渂ig鈥
"Human activities in tropical forests are disruptive processes and can trigger numerous, yet not completely understood, mechanisms or effects which will in turn alter, in a more or less significant way, the overall function, structure and composition of the ecosystem.
"The landscape scale is being used for complex initiatives that have the dual objective of conserving biodiversity and alleviating poverty in developing countries. Working at landscape scales greatly expands the level of ambition of conservation organizations. The skills and competencies needed鈥
CEESP member (TILCEPA/TGER), Fred Nelson, of Maliasili Initiatives based in Arusha, Tanzania, organized and edited this recent volume on the politics of natural resource governance in eastern and southern Africa.
CEESP TSEAPRISE member, Robert Goodland has been involved in a significant report on human rights and the World Bank.
CEESP Financial Officer and TSEAPRISE member recommends this new publication if you have any interest in China or how the government and people deal with nature and conservation.
鈥淭owards Food Sovereignty鈥, 2009. By Michel Pimbert. The Gatekeeper Series No 141, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
Eric Holt-Gim茅nez Guest Editor; Roland Bunch; Jorge Ir谩n Vasquez; John Wilson; Michel P. Pimbert; Bary Boukary; Cathleen Kneen. Journal of Peasant Studies 37: 1, 203-236
Jorge Varela M谩rquez, CEESP TGER Member and GOLDMAN PRIZE, 1999