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COVID-19, conservation programs and Crocodilians
04.06.2020
CEESP News: By Grahame Webb, Chair, IUCN-SSC Crocodile Specialist Group The effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, are in some ways the “experiment that no-one could afford to do”, and quantifying its impact seems fundamental. Implementing...
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Conservación, reactivación económica y el COVID-19 en Comunidades Indígenas Amazónicas Peruanas
03.06.2020
CEESP News: by Ana Watson & Conny Davidsen, University of Calgary. Department of Geography - Environmental Governance Research Group. University of Calgary* La crisis del COVID-19 nos llama analizar críticamente el rol del estado en los proyectos...
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COVID-19 and the need for 'Convivial Conservation'
03.06.2020
CEESP News - Blog post by Robert Fletcher, Bram Büscher & Kate Massarella, Wageningen University, the Netherlands When 2020 was declared a “super year” for biodiversity conservation, no one suspected that a particular form of this...
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Chinese Civil Society launches wildlife-free e-commerce initiative to conserve biodiversity and safeguard public health
03.06.2020
CEESP News: by Jinfeng Zhou, Linda Wong, Charlotte Hong, China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation* Emergent e-commerce benefits peoples daily lives in numerous ways, but it has also made illegal wildlife trade easy and...
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Participatory Conservation Economies in Kerala, India: A Stepping Stone to Resilience
31.05.2020
CEESP News: by Aditi Bhardwaj, Anil Kumar Bhardwaj and Sunil C.G.* The participatory Integrated Conservation Development Programmes in major Protected Areas of Kerala, India, have led to the gradual empowerment of the local communities. With financial...
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Adapting in a Time of Crisis
29.05.2020
CEESP News: by Fred Nelson, CEO of Maliasili and CEESP member* Maliasili works with leading organizations to find solutions to conservation challenges across Africa by improving their organizational performance and impact. We currently support sixteen...
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International wildlife trade: research and COVID-19
29.05.2020
CEESP News: by Dr. Inés Arroyo-Quiroz, Chair of the CEESP Specialist Group on Green Criminology & Researcher at CRIM - UNAM, Mexico Wildlife trade involves far more than animals harvested in tropical regions and sold in China. Most...
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Film Premiere: Sustainable Futures - Communities in Action
29.05.2020
CEESP News: by The Community Conservation Research Network (CCRN) CCRN presents a new documentary, "Sustainable Futures - Communities in Action," premiering June 5th, 2020. See what can happen when a community protects its environment,...
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The light in the forest: A lesson in optimism from conservationists in Brazil
27.05.2020
CEESP News - by Lydia Cardona, Manager, Center for Communities and Conservation at Conservation International An innovative workshop on conflict sensitivity and conflict transformation was held in Brazil in February. Supported by PeaceNexus Foundation...
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Mobilizing in support of small-scale fisheries impacted by COVID-19
25.05.2020
CEESP News: by Nathan Bennett, Chair of the IUCN CEESP Specialist Group 'People and the Oceans' The COVID-19 pandemic has rapidly spread around the world with extensive social and economic effects for the small-scale fisheries sector and coastal...