Story | 08 Jan, 2021
Communities combating fisheries crime and reef destruction
CEESP News by Venkat Ramakrishnan *
Reef Check Malaysia has been working on the ground addressing many challenges while protecting coral reefs and marine life in Malaysia. In this article, they describes how dangerous fish bombs are to marine life and local livelihoods, and how they are…
Story | 15 Dec, 2020
IUCN developed the Natural Resource Governance Framework to improve coherence and consistency in natural resource governance. Good governance of environmental resources is required to achieve human rights goals. The framework includes 10 principles and criteria…
Story | 22 Sep, 2020
Guide to identifying ecosystem services in protected areas
CEESP News: by Kasandra-Zorica Ivanić, Sue Stolton, Carolina Figueroa Arango and Nigel Dudley
What do protected areas give back to local and more distant communities, if anything?
A new tool from the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas helps us find out. The Protected Areas…
Story | 22 Sep, 2020
The Ministry of Climate Change has launched the Consortium to undertake Third Party Monitoring for its flagship Ten Billion Tree Tsunami Programme (TBTTP). The Government of Pakistan has mandated the Consortium which consists of IUCN, FAO and WWF to conduct the Third Party Monitoring and…
Comunicado de prensa | 08 Sep, 2020
Gland, Suiza, 8 de septiembre (UICN) – Al aumentar la biodiversidad de los suelos mediante prácticas sostenibles, los agricultores podrían aportar beneficios sustanciales para la seguridad alimentaria y hídrica, así como para la mitigación y la adaptación al cambio climático,…
Press release | 08 Sep, 2020
Farmers could substantially boost productivity by conserving soil biodiversity – IUCN report
Gland, Switzerland, 8 September (IUCN) – By increasing the biodiversity of soils through sustainable practices, farmers could deliver substantial benefits for food and water security as well as climate change mitigation and adaptation, according to a new IUCN report published…
Communiqué de presse | 08 Sep, 2020
Gland, Suisse, 8 septembre (UICN) – En augmentant la biodiversité des sols grâce à des pratiques durables, les agriculteurs pourraient contribuer de façon substantielle à la sécurité alimentaire et hydrique, ainsi qu’à l’atténuation et l’adaptation aux changements climatiques,…
Story | 04 Sep, 2020
Three landscape conservation projects converge in the Kilombero Valley
Kilombero Valley in Tanzania is an area of high biodiversity – including a Ramsar listed wetland – that is under ever-increasing human pressure. It is also part of the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT), a public-private partnership initiated through…
Artículo | 27 Aug, 2020
¿Está la agrobiodiversidad destinada a desaparecer?: El caso de la quinua del Altiplano Peruano
CEESP News: by CEESP member Pierina Benites Alfaro
La presión por generar productos de alto rendimiento en campo, destinados eminentemente al mercado, ha transformado la agricultura de los Andes, en particular porque dicho espacio es el centro de origen genético de muchos tubérculos y…
Story | 11 Aug, 2020
UN Desertification and Drought Day is celebrated on 17 June each year. The year of 2020 focuses on changing public attitudes to the leading driver of desertification and land degradation: humanity’s relentless production and consumption, under the…