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Sustainable use workshop participants at Keystone campus, Kotagiri, India. Photo: Rohan Mukherjee - Keystone Foundation

Increasing the scope for communities in conservation through sustainable use
12.04.2019
CEESP News - Anita Varghese, Keystone Foundation and Dilys Roe, SULi Chair How does conservation and development fare in the context of India and does sustainable use speak for both? A small group of experts met recently, in India, to discuss how to build...
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A participatory market systems approach to sustainable livelihoods development
15.03.2019
CEESP News - by Helen Schneider Flora and Fauna International is pleased to announce publication of a set of learning documents and practical tools for taking a participatory market systems approach to sustainable livelihoods development in a...
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No Net Loss: Ensuring the best possible outcomes for people and biodiversity
15.03.2019
A guest blog by Julia PG Jones, professor of conservation science from Bangor University and a member of IUCN’s Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group, who was recently involved in the development of a set of good practice principles on No Net Loss...
Zendepar villagers gathered to discuss and resist mining in their sacred forests in Gadchiroli District, Maharashtra. Photo: Neema Pathak Broome

Blog: India’s Supreme Court order threatens conservation, livelihoods, and rights in India’s protected areas and forests
11.03.2019
CEESP News: By Stan Stevens and Neema Pathak Broome, ICCA Consortium The recent decision by the India Supreme Court, now temporarily suspended for four months, has enormous potential ramifications for conservation, livelihoods, and rights in...
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...
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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...