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Participants at the ESARO NRGF Workshop discuss ways that the NRGF could help address governance issues in their work. Photo © Michelle Kimeu Photo: Michelle Kimeu

NRGF Updates: From conceptual development to implementation with continued learning
05.02.2019
CEESP News - by Jessica Campese, IUCN Natural Resource Governance Framework (NRGF) Chair As the Natural Resource Governance Framework (NRGF) knowledge basket develops, it is increasingly moving from conceptual development to implementation, with wider...
Front cover of Terralingua's Langscape Magazine, Vol. 7:2, Winter 2018. Photo: Mateo Hinojosa, 2018.

“Nourishing the Body and Soul”: Terralingua’s Langscape Magazine Explores the Biocultural Diversity of Food
01.02.2019
CEESP News - by TerraLingua Being together, sharing food. More than any other activity, the preparation, and consumption of meals sets the rhythm of human life. Over thousands of years, different cultures have painstakingly fine-tuned their production of...
Photo: Fazlun Khalid

Signs on the Earth; Islam, Modernity and the Climate Crisis
25.01.2019
This book, by one of the world’s leading Muslim environmentalists, explores what is perhaps the greatest threat humanity faces today, namely climate change.
Mrs. Betty, left, and Mrs. Ana, right, both leaders of the Uniko Café Photo: Daniel Maydana/ CI Bolivia

Transforming indigenous women’s lives through coffee and community in Bolivia
24.01.2019
CEESP News - by Lydia Cardona, Conflict Resolution and Peace Manager, Conservation International “We work arduously,” Mrs. Betty tells me over the phone. “For us, it’s hard, leaving our homes, leaving our children…My husband would ask, ‘How will you...
African indigenous delegates strategizing in Katowice Photo: Kanyinke Sena

Traditional Knowledge key in achieving Africa’s climate goals
22.01.2019
CEESP News - by Kanyinke Sena, co-chair of Specialist Group on Indigenous Peoples, Customary and Environmental Law, and Human Rights A key outcome of UNFCCC COP 24 in Poland, was the further operationalization of the Local Communities and Indigenous...
Photo: Holly Rosencranz

Students Study Protected Areas and Learn About Climate Change and Human Health Impacts
16.01.2019
CEESP News - by Warren G. Lavey, University of Illinois In a university environmental policy course addressing the benefits, protections, and challenges for natural areas, lessons, and students’ research papers provided training about the many...
Photo: Pasang Dolma Sherpa

Asian Indigenous People's struggle in COP 24
07.01.2019
CEESP News - by Pasang Dolma Sherpa, PhD, co-chair of SPICEH Indigenous peoples from Asia, who participated in the COP 24 of the UNFCCC in Katowice, Poland from 2 to 14th Dec. 2018, felt the very important step in strengthening indigenous peoples’ roles,...
From left to right: Grace Wong, Tebtebba; Benoit Bosquet, The World Bank Group; Hindou Ibrahim, Indigenous Peoples Coordinating Committee of Africa, IPACC; Kristen Walker Painemilla, CEESP Chair; Johnson Cerda, Conservation International; Idrissa Zeba, DGM Burkino Faso; Lucrecia Campos, Costa Rica Communal Development Associations. Photo: Luis Barquin

Outcomes of the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform
20.12.2018
Report from CEESP Chair, Kristen Walker Painemilla Last week after three years of work, the 24th meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP24) reached a major accomplishment with a draft decision on the Local Communities and Indigenous...
Western gray whale in Sakhalin Photo: Yuri Yakovlev

IUCN seeks whale conservation experts to advise on energy development impacts
14.12.2018
IUCN seeks applications from qualified individuals to serve on its independent scientific and technical advisory panel to minimize impacts on western gray whales during offshore oil and gas development near Sakhalin Island in the Russian Far East....
Call for Nominations/Expressions of Interest for Chair(s) of the Theme on Governance, Equity and Rights (TGER)
30.11.2018
CEESP News The Chair of CEESP seeks nominations/expressions of interest for the position of TGER Chair. Candidates for the Chair should preferably be familiar with CEESP and be committed to working cross-sectorally across different disciplines....