From 15 to 17 September 2020, the global community of the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Green List of Protected and Conserved Areas participated in a virtual workshop to guide Green List growth and development strategically over the next decade.
‘Greening’ cities brings myriad benefits to biodiversity and human wellbeing at a low cost, and allows urban areas to better tackle the interconnected climate, nature and health crises. To reap these benefits, we need to reconnect our cities with the underlying natural ecosystem on which they…
Wang Hui, Senior Forestry Engineer, shares his thoughts on incorporating the forest landscape restoration approach at the Mulan State Forest Farm in China.
Dailus Laurence, the Chief Warden of Cousin Island Special Reserve, has won the prestigious 2020 African Ranger Award promoted by the Alibaba Foundation and the Paradise Foundation. Cousin Island special Reserve is managed by Nature Seychelles, a national environmental and sustainable…
On 14th October 2020, Bangladesh commenced the preparation of the country’s first Red List of Plants and formulating an Invasive Alien Species Management Strategy for plants through an Inception Workshop.
On 31 July 2020, the Indo-Burma Ramsar Regional Initiative (IBRRI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ramsar Regional Center - East Asia (RRC-EA). The signing of an MoU between IBRRI and the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) followed on 25 September 2020.
Gland, 27th October 2020 (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥) - A new Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ report finds that an estimated 229,000 tonnes of plastic is leaking into the Mediterranean Sea every year, equivalent to over 500 shipping containers each day. Unless significant measures are taken to address mismanaged waste, the…
A waste characterization study was successfully completed in Carriacou Island, Grenada, by the team of local consultants hired by the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Plastic Waste-Free Islands (PWFI) partner, Asia Pacific Waste Consultants (APWC).Â
The global COVID-19 pandemic has forced the world to find new ways to operate to prevent a massive dissemination of the virus. Plastic Waste-Free Islands (PWFI) is no exception; the project has developed an online working methodology to continue its…
Asia Pacific Waste Consultants (APWC), engaged by Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ within the Plastic Waste-Free Islands (PWFI) project to create a flow analysis of plastics, has hired local teams in Grenada and Saint Lucia to gather in country and field-based auditing data on…