The European Union (EU) and the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States have invested €60 million in the Biodiversity and Protected Areas Management (BIOPAMA) Programme over the next six years – making it one of the largest EU biodiversity programmes. The programme is being…
Until very recently, the Katuma river in TanzaniaÌýwas on the verge of drying-up. The main reasons for the reduced river flowÌýwere illegal abstractions by smallholderÌýfarmers andÌýirregular and reduced rainfall due to climate change.
Bonn, Germany – At the UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP23) in Bonn, Germany, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ shared its plans for increased effort to enhance countries’ Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) by building on the Bonn Challenge and existing forest landscape restoration commitments.
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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…
A recent InforFLR.org story highlights Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥'sÌýsupport forÌýfarmer-managed natural regenerationÌýas a technique to help implementÌýforest landscape restoration (FLR) in Northern Uganda.Ìý
In 2011, the European Union (EU) and the ACP Group of States mandated Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ and JRC, the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, to implement a programme on protected areaÌýinformation management and capacity development for better decision making and planning.
Two key publications from the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ WCPA Best Practice Protected Area Guidelines Series, Governance of Protected Areas, and Urban Protected Areas,Ìýhave been translated into Portuguese, with the support of the Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, the German Society for…
Green finance is gaining momentum. More and more private investors consider investing in nature an opportunity to combine economic interests with social and environmental responsibility.
CEESP News - by Bala Ibrahim Girku (1), Abdullahi Hassan (2), Golo Mustapha Yakubu (3), and Kaltho Kharbal James (4)
ThisÌýarticle assesses environmental degradation caused by erosion resulting in river bank slope instability along the banks of the Saye River. ThisÌýhas been a continual…
CEESP News - by Dr Rebecca Cross, Programme Officer, SULiÌý
In the last 6 months, SULi has revised its strategy due to an urgent need to build understanding and awareness of the role and importance of sustainable use of wild resources and the livelihoods it supports, among the mainstream…