2012

The Status and Distribution of Freshwater Biodiversity in Indo-Burma (report cover)

IUCN Press Briefing and Report Launch

 - 2012 IUCN World Conservation Congress Press Briefing
- Launch of The Status and Distribution of Freshwater Biodiversity in Indo-Burma Report
- First Freshwater Biodiversity Surveys between Luang Prabang and Vientiane
 

15 Aug 2012 | Article
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Thai flood 2011

The flood controller

Thailand's science and technology minister bears the burden of a $45-billion dollar challenge to keep the Kingdom’s economic hub afloat this rainy season. …  

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Marcha de los Pueblos Indígenas en la Cumbre de los Pueblos

Río +20 aporta si conocemos un poco más a fondo

Por: Vivienne Solís Rivera. CoopeSoliDar R.L, CEESP-Centro América, México y el Caribe, Grupo Mayor de Mujeres Un cálido y bello Río de Janeiro atendió a más de 50.000 personas que asistimos a la Conferencia para el Desarrollo Sostenible de las Naciones Unidas con grandes expectativas para el trabajo y los planteamientos concretos para la acción global en referencia a dos objetivos particulares:

  1. La economía verde en el contexto del desarrollo sostenible y la erradicación de la pobreza.
  2. El marco institucional para el desarrollo sostenible.
 

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Panel: Honourable Liberate Nicayenzi, indigenous Batwa Senator in Burundi opens the CBD preparatory meeting in Bujumbura

TILCEPA Report to CEESP August 2012

The following details TILCEPA's report back on CBD preparatory meeting for indigenous peoples in Africa, IUCN Congress Events and Sri Lanka Inter-religious Dialogue.  


 

15 Aug 2012 | Article
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TEMTI page

New Series on Global Sustainability Issues

The CEESP Theme on the Environment, Macroeconomics, Trade and Investment (TEMTI) will be launching a new TEMTI Series on Analytical Perspectives on Global Sustainability. The objective of this new series is to provide material for the analysis and interpretation of current problems concerning social and environmental sustainability at national and global levels.

 
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15 Aug 2012 | Article
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Protecting our natural heritage

 CEESP Member Antonio M Claparols provides this opinion piece for readers. As I write this the planet is being devastated by both droughts and floods.
In the United States the worse droughts and heat waves have caused
devastating effects on the land, agriculture and health of the people.
Agricultural produce has declined as the weather takes their toll.
The price of basic food such as corn, soybeans and wheat have increased as
the
demand out strips the supply.
The heat wave and drought has reached temperatures of over 100 degrees Fare
height thereby destroying the corn belt of the US. …  

15 Aug 2012 | Article
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Coastal Youth Workshop, Costa Rica

Prepared by Daniela Barguil CoopeSoliDar R.L

 
Seven young representatives from fishing communities of Central America and Mexico met in Tárcoles, Costa Rica, the 7th and 8th of June ( Oceans Day) , for a two day workshop, organized by UICN- Mesoamerican and Caribbean Regional Office, CoopeSoliDar R.L and CEESP and CEESP Youth, with the support of the organizations that nominated the young participants: ACRA (Nicaragua), Committee for the Defence and Development of the Flora and Fauna of the Fonseca Gulf- CODDEFFAGOLF (Honduras), CoopeTárcoles R.L. (Costa Rica), the Federation of Artisanal Fishing of Guatemala (FENAPESCA), and the Federation of Artisanal Fishing of El Salvador (FACOPADES).
 

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Audiovisual platforms for indigenous & rural communities

Following the IUCN World Conservation Congress at Barcelona, Dr. Dario Novellino - a CEESP member since 2008 - has been investing much efforts in facilitating the creation of audio-visual platforms for indigenous and rural communities to express their voices and, particularly, their own critiques of state policies, development and top-down conservation projects. …  

15 Aug 2012 | Article
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Traditional swidden in Selous forest near Rufigi, Tanzania.

Shifting Cultivation, Gender and REDD+ in West and Central Africa

 CEESP TGER Co-Chair Dr. Janis Bristol Alcorn is serving as a technical advisor for a new USAID-funded study of "Shifting Cultivation, Gender and REDD+ in West and Central Africa", being implemented by USAID´s Forest Carbon, Markets and Communities (FCMC) project in coordination with CARPE and STEWARD projects in West and Central Africa. …  

15 Aug 2012 | Article
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CEESP Youth network needs your help in completing a survey on "Youth Engagement and Intergenerational Partnerships: Towards an IUCN-wide Action Plan".

 CEESP Youth network needs your help in completing a survey on "Youth Engagement and Intergenerational Partnerships: Towards an IUCN-wide Action Plan". Youth Engagement and Intergenerational Partnerships: Towards an IUCN-wide Action Plan The CEESP Youth Network needs your help to complete a survey. …  

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