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Call for Papers - Policy Matters: Issue 17
Call for papers - POLICY MATTERS: ISSUE 17 “Macroeconomic Policies for Sustainable Development” Guest Editor: Alejandro Nadal (Co-Chair, TEMTI; Full Professor, Center for Economic Studies, El Colegio de México). …
24 Feb 2010 | News story
Sharing Power: A New Development Paradigm
CEESP is convening a global Conference, 'Sharing Power: A New Vision for Development', in Whakatane, New Zealand, January 11-15th 2011. …
23 Feb 2010 | Event
August 4-6: Hawai’I Conservation Congress, Hawai‘i Convention Center, Honolulu, Hawaii
Ecosystem management and restoration in Hawai‘i and across the Pacific continues to evolve. Over the past decade landowners, communities, agencies, and governments have begun to work together more collaboratively, utilizing diverse knowledge systems and decision-making approaches. …
04 Feb 2010 | Event
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May 9-14: 12th International Congress of Ethnobiology, Tofino, B.C. Canada
May 9-14:12th International Congress of Ethnobiology, Tofino, B.C. Canada
The overarching theme of the 12th ICE is Hishuk-ish tsa’walk, a Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations phrase that embodies the concept of “everything is one,” the understanding that everything is connected and nothing is isolated from other aspects of life surrounding it and within it. …
04 Feb 2010 | Event
Recent activity of the IUCN Private Sector Task Force
Background: The current IUCN Council has set up the Private Sector Task Force “ to learn from and continue to improve on IUCN's engagement with the private sector, and to propose revisions to the Guidelines as appropriate”. …
02 Feb 2010 | News story
73rd meeting of IUCN Council
An Overview of 73rd Council (23-25 November 2009) with a summary of the main discussion and decision points is available in English, French and Spanish on the IUCN Members Portal. …
02 Feb 2010 | News story
Communities and bio-cultural diversity in Cambodia - options for policies and action whose time has come
Indigenous Territories and Areas conserved by Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (ICCAs in short) encompass many of the bio-cultural patrimonies of the world. However, while the Convention on Biological Diversity formally recognises them and recommends their support, recognition by national governments is often problematic. …
02 Feb 2010 | News story
Indigenous and Community Conserved Areas: A Bold New Frontier for Conservation
The ICCA Forum has a new website which includes a variety of ICCA information, analyses and reports from all over the world: www.ICCAforum.org. You are welcome to submit ICCA-relevant case studies and other insights, announcements and materials that you would like to propose for uploading. …
02 Feb 2010 | News story
118 mining conflicts in 15 countries in Latin America
One study shows that there are 118 mining conflicts in 15 countries in Latin America. Mining projects involving hundreds of Latin American communities. Currently, of the 337 mining projects in the region, 139 are in conflict with different communities. This is what reveals the Database Mining Conflicts in Latin America. …
02 Feb 2010 | News story
Establishment of the Pacific Resource and Environmental Economics Network (PREEN)
The use of resource and environmental economic analytical information to support and or underpin economic development and environmental conservation decisions is relatively new in the Pacific. Resource management has conventionally either not involved consideration of economic factors at all or has involved it only inadequately. …
29 Jan 2010 | News story
