Hot off the Press! UNDP and ILCN launch a new report on Privately Protected Areas, analysing status in 30 countries
Forum Post By Heena Ahmed / 4 September, 2019 - 03:40
Ecuador
Ecuador Country Profile: International Outlook for Privately Protected Areas
By Heena Ahmed / 4 September, 2019 - 01:30 
This country profile is part of a study entitled, "Myron, E., Fabiano, C., and Ahmed, H. International Outlook for Privately Protected Areas: Argentina Country Profile. International Land Conservation Network (a project of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy) - United Nations Development Programme, 2019.". The summary report provides an overview of the status of Privately Protected Areas in 30 countries throughout Latin America, Asia, the Pacific, and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Ciclo de conferencias - Proceso de construcción y socialización del VI Informe Nacional - CDB
Forum Post By Marion Marigo / 5 April, 2019 - 21:29
Ecuador es uno de los países más biodiversos del mundo y cuidar este gran tesoro de vida y sus bellos paisajes es una prioridad. Sin embargo; múltiples son las amenazas y los desafíos que ponen en peligro su integridad.
Sixth National Report (6NR) to the CBD
Mapas preliminares de estado de biodiversidad para su 6IN - Ecuador
By Annie Virnig / 5 March, 2019 - 19:52
Al comienzo del proceso de 6IN, se planteó el reto a las Partes del Convenio sobre la Diversidad Biológica a duplicar la cantidad de mapas utilizados desde su 5IN a su 6IN. ¿Está en camino de enfrentar este desafío? ¡Tenemos buenas noticias para usted! Al utilizar el UN Biodiversity Lab y los conjuntos de datos globales disponibles, creamos 18 mapas preliminares de estado de biodiversidad para su país. Los datos dentro de estos mapas pueden ayudarlo a informar sobre indicadores clave relacionados con las Metas de Aichi 5, 11, 12, 14 y 15.
COP14 Poster - Ecuador on Assessing the Effectiveness of NBSAP implementation
By Marion Marigo / 11 December, 2018 - 06:00 
During the one-day day workshop on "Using National Reporting to Improve NBSAP Implementation and Development of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework", at COP14 in Sharm-el-Sheik, Egypt, Ecuador took part in the World Cafe and presented its findings on Assessing the effectiveness of NBSAP implementation. Results are presented in this poster.
[EN-FR-ES] Survey on small nature-based enterprises: What do you want to learn?
Forum Post By Martin Sommerschuh / 18 October, 2018 - 01:50
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Learning Opportunity
Eye on Earth Webinar: Effective Communication for Sustainable Development - Distracting People with Reality
Forum Post By Heena Ahmed / 1 May, 2017 - 17:01
Date: May 03, 2017 at 1:30 PM GMT Register: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3724766445296304642 ABSTRACT: Over the last 4 years, World Resource Institute, a global research organization, and Vizzuality, a missio
Biodiversity Mainstreaming
Equator Initiative Case Study - Pescado Azul Women's Association Of Isabela
By Annie Virnig / 20 February, 2014 - 04:59 
This women’s cooperative is providing livelihood options for the women and men of the island of Isabela in the Galápagos Islands. This small-scale enterprise is simultaneously decreasing pressures on overexploited local fisheries by adding value, rather than scale, to its production of smoked fish. Fishermen in the region have traditionally relied on declining populations of coastal sea cucumber, lobster, and shark for their livelihoods.
Equator Initiative Case Study – Union of Farmer and Indigenous Organizations of Cotacachi
By Annie Virnig / 15 February, 2014 - 05:37 
The remote communities of Ecuador’s inter-Andean valleys have long faced the twin challenges of food insecurity and environmental degradation. Malnutrition affects approximately 40 per cent of the region’s population, and farmers receive limited technological and economic support from formal institutions. The Union of Farmer and Indigenous Organizations of Cotacachi was founded to address these challenges and turn the relative abundance of rare native crop and fruit species to the advantage of farming communities.
Equator Initiative Case Study - Participatory Fisheries Management Board of Puerto Cayo
By Annie Virnig / 15 February, 2014 - 01:34 
The small fishing community of Puerto Cayo, located in the south-west of Manabi Province on Ecuador’s Pacific coast is the setting for an experiment in sustainable fishing methods that has endured since the 1970s. In partnership with government agencies, the Participatory Fisheries Management Board of Puerto Cayo has formalized attempts to better conserve coastal biodiversity and improve fishing livelihoods.
