The events of the past weeks have brought into sharp focus the dire situation that faces the planet and all humanity. At the end of February, the Convention on Biological Diversity convened the second meeting of the Open-ended Working Group (…
The Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Global Protected Areas Programme has recently attended a special consultation with the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment, David Boyd, at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva, Switzerland.…
Sharing issue #20Â of our newsletter, A Voice for Nature, that brings news from Eastern Europe, North and Central Asia related to nature conservation and sustainable use of resources.
This month, to celebrate International Women’s day and women in conservation, our inspiring person is Liliane Parany. Passionate conservationist, Senior Conservation Officer at the Direction of Operations of Madagascar National Parks and a member of…
Rwanda is the Land of a Thousand Hills, but are these hills still healthy and productive? This is the story of how a small east African country took the unprecedented initiative to restore lands that had lost the ability to support people and…
Coastal communities in Eastern Africa are increasingly using sustainable approaches to manage marine resources to both improve the ecological status of their local environments and secure livelihoods.Â
This is the second in a series of interviews with Hoverfly Experts involved in Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥â€™s European Red List (ERL) of Hoverflies. The project aims to assess the extinction risk of hoverfly species across Europe, and will contribute to guiding decisions and conservation action for these species at the…
On the 26th and 27th of February, 2020, representatives from KfW, SADC Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources (FANR) and Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Eastern and Southern Africa Regional (ESARO) met at the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ EARO offices in Nairobi, Kenya to agree on a road map for the inception of the SADC…
Recognizing various environment and climate change issues and ongoing initiatives in the Indian Himalayan Region, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ launched its web-based network initiative known as ‘Himalayan Adaptation Network’ on 21 February 2020 in Sikkim.
Given the multiple threats of climate change, communities are in need of ecosystem restoration methods that also help to build economic resilience and reduce poverty. This is what the Resilience for People and Landscapes Programme (REPLAP) is all about.