La Résilience De L'environnement Et L'implémentation Des ODD
By Heena Ahmed / 2 February, 2017 - 17:38
INSTRUCTIONS : Briefing politique
Assess legal, institutional and policy environment
Mining And Protected Areas: Working Hard Towards Environmental Risk Reduction And Net Social Profit - Perspectives From Civil Society
By Vinamra Mathur / 1 February, 2017 - 03:22
It is clear that the balance between private sector interest, societal interest and conservation interest within Protected Areas is different from that outside of these Protected Areas. Within the Protected Area’s the conservation interest should have extra weight. In order to arrive at a strengthened Protected Area system (state, private or community managed) the following actions are urgently needed:
Developing Bio-Cultural Community Protocols In India
By Vibhupriya Singh / 1 December, 2016 - 05:55
The Nagoya Protocol contributes to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity by providing a platform for greater legal certainty and transparency for the providers and users of genetic resources. The Protocol supports the effective implementation of one of the Convention on Biological Diversity’s (CBD) three objectives, the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources (ABS).
Biodiversity Registers As Platform For Addressing Protected Area And People Conflict
By Heena Ahmed / 17 November, 2016 - 15:31 
Conservation of protected areas more than often invite conflicts particularly when resources for protected areas are also sources for livelihood. It becomes difficult for park officials to communicate conservation with local communities.
Mainstreaming The National Biodiversity Strategy And Action Plan Into National And Local Landscapes
By Angelique Ogena / 10 November, 2016 - 12:27 
While borne out of a highly participatory process involving national and local governments, civil society, academe, and the private sector, the implementation of PBSAP and especially the allocation of funds, depend on a clear policy formulation, sustained awareness raising, and integration in related planning process.
El Comanejo Del Refugio De Vida Silvestre Montaña De Puca/Fundacion Comunitaria Puca
By Fundacion Comunitaria Puca / 26 October, 2016 - 17:59 
El comanejo en Honduras ha sido definido como un ‘modelo de manejo compartido, basado en un proceso dinámico y sistemático, entre el Estado, gobiernos locales y la sociedad civil organizada’. A partir de este concepto se desprenden 4 elementos claves necesarios de abordar para hacer del comanejo un mecanismo eficiente en la administración de las áreas protegidas del país: garantía de la conservación, uso sostenible, gobernanza y participación comunitaria con equidad de género.
Reconciling Development Ambitions And Conservation Goals In New Zealand’s Protected Areas
By Sarah Valenti / 3 November, 2014 - 20:41
More than one third of all land in New Zealand is managed by the Department of Conservation as public conservation land. New Zealand is facing significant challenges in reconciling development proposals in these protected areas. The Department of Conservation manages development proposals in protected areas containing high conservation values using a legislative framework of planning and permitting processes. This process provides robust advice to decision-makers.
How Business Can Contribute To Landscape Connectivity Through Good Biodiversity Management
By Vinamra Mathur / 3 November, 2014 - 13:11
In collaboration with the cement and aggregates sector over the last 7 years, IUCN has developed tools for integrating biodiversity into extraction planning, decision-making and operations. These tools are aimed at public and private sector and encourage collaboration for improved biodiversity management and land use planning.
- To present three tools that have been developed to encourage the uptake of better policies and practices for biodiversity management in extraction sites
The Solution To Sustaining The World Protected Areas Lies In Their Realizing Their Economic Promise And Potential As Exemplified By ‘Global Ecosphere Retreats
By Sarah Valenti / 3 November, 2014 - 13:09
Founded by the Zeitz Foundation in 2009, The Long Run Initiative (LRI) is a growing community of destinations and organizations committed to human wellbeing through responsible enterprise on a healthy planet premised on a holistic balance in Conservation, Community, Culture and Commerce (4C). The focus is on tourism industry. It is built around two key components of Global Ecosphere Retreats® (GER) Standard and membership: (a) Long Run Destinations - LRD; (b) Long Run Alliance Members – LRAM, and (c) Long Run Supporters – LRD.
Thailand’s Protected Areas System Plan: Toward Resilient Landscapes
By Vinamra Mathur / 3 November, 2014 - 12:42
The System Plan for Thailand’s PAs is designed to enable the nation’s 370+protected sites to function as a coherent system that puts the entire network into its broader social, cultural, economic, and environmental context. It shows how to integrate protected areas into the 2012-2016 National Economic and Social Development Plan by communicating the multiple values of protected areas to national planning agencies, and to the many sectors whose activities can affect protected areas, or be affected by them.
