Story | 07 Nov, 2021
Adaptive Collaborative Management of Forest Landscapes: Villagers, Bureaucrats and Civil Society
CEESP News: by Carol J. Pierce Colfer *
Adaptive Collaborative Management of Forest Landscapes: Villagers, Bureaucrats and Civil Society is a edited collection by 20 international scholars and practitioners who have conducted Adaptive Collaborative Management (ACM) around the world,…
Story | 02 Nov, 2021
Request for Proposals – consulting opportunities, Albania
IUCN Regional Office for Eastern Europe and Centrals Asia (ECARO) seeks one (1) international consultant specialised in hydrological engineering and 1 consulting company or team of consultants specialised in biodiversity, GIS, socio-economic and…
Story | 02 Nov, 2021
IUCN applauds decision to place climate finance in the hands of nature's most effective stewards
Glasgow, United Kingdom, 02 November 2021 (IUCN) – Today at the World Leaders Summit at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s 26th Conference of Parties (UNFCCC COP26), a landmark announcement was made by a coalition of governments and stakeholders across…
Story | 01 Nov, 2021
Understanding the multiple benefits of area-based conservation
CEESP News: by Nigel Dudley and Sue Stolton, Equilibrium Research *
Under current proposals from the Convention on Biological Diversity, a target is likely to be set for 30% of the world’s land surface to be set aside into protected and conserved areas. Over 60 countries have pledged to…
Story | 27 Oct, 2021
The black jaguar and the guardian of the forest
CEESP News: By Maycon Melo, PhD, and Barbara Arisi, PhD *
In Brazil, a group of hunters killed a black jaguar. Not satisfied with the crime of killing an endangered animal, they made a video where one of them shows the magnificent animal between his arms while threatening the Guardians…
Story | 24 Oct, 2021
Gabura to Glasgow: Act on climate change and biodiversity loss
CEESP News: by Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir *
Story | 29 Sep, 2021
Dialogue forum: Escazú Agreement, a pioneer regional environmental instrument
The Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean, known as the Escazú Agreement, is of great importance; it is the first regional environmental instrument and pioneer in that it contains specific…
Story | 17 Sep, 2021
Indigenous peoples have been heard at World Conservation Congress
“Recognition” was the word invoked time and again by indigenous leaders during the first ever World Summit of Indigenous Peoples and Nature at IUCN World Conservation Congress in Marseille, France. What was their impact?
Story | 14 Sep, 2021
"Rap del Veedor;" A song by Gasel
Excerpt from the special issue of the CEESP publication Policy Matters 22, focusing on the stories and voices of environmental defenders; Song by Gasel: Rap del Veedor/The Monitors’ Rap
The song “Rap del Veedor” was created by the talented Gasel, who represents the communities in which…
Story | 13 Sep, 2021
Women building power: activist stories, testimonies
Excerpt from the special issue of the CEESP publication Policy Matters, focusing on the stories and voices of environmental defenders; by WoMin African Alliance