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A new compendium providing the latest and best professional information needed for protected area practitioner capacity development was released this week in the margins of the 6th IUCN World Parks Congress. Titled Protected Area Governance and Management, the compendium provides information to…

Detail: Within the framework of the implementation of the Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) Process of the Nagoya Protocol, a ceremony presided over by the Minister Delegate of Environment, Protection of Nature and Sustainable Development, took place on Thursday 2 nd of April 2015 in Yaoundé, to sign…

In paragraph 29 of decision XII/3, the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity invites Parties, other Governments and relevant stakeholder organizations to evaluate the contribution of collective action to biodiversity conservation and resource mobilization, and to…

L'information sur la biodiversité pour le développement (IBD) est un nouveau projet de 3,9 millions d'euros, s'étalant sur plusieurs années, financé par l'Union européenne et mené par le SMIB/GBIF. L’IBD vise à augmenter la quantité d'information disponible ainsi que l’utilisation de cette…

The Masters in Conservation Leadership is a ground-breaking course at the University of Cambridge. The unique feature of this course is its delivery by a collaboration between six University departments and nine leading conservation organisations that comprise the Cambridge Conservation Initiative…

Les effets néfastes des changements climatiques au vu de leur impact, mettent les nations du monde en face de deux éventualités existentielles : s’adapter ou disparaître à terme. C’est dire que les pays sont appelés à faire des choix intelligents pour leur survie actuelle et future ou alors s…

Each year, 2 February marks World Wetlands Day, to celebrate our planet’s wetlands but also to draw attention to the challenges that their degradation brings. This year the theme of World Wetlands Day is ‘Wetlands for our Future: Sustainable Livelihoods’, to raise awareness about the value of…

Le «Prix de digitalisation pour le développement» (D4D – Digital for Development) est une initiative du cabinet De Croo et de la direction générale Coopération au développement (DGD). Le ministre De Croo a dans son portefeuille la «Coopération au développement» et l’«agenda numérique». L…

One of the most effective ways ZSL’s EDGE of Existence programme (www.edgeofexistence.org) is working to secure the future of EDGE species is by awarding two-year Fellowships to future conservation leaders “EDGE Fellows” working on poorly-known EDGE bird, mammal, amphibian, reptile or coral species…

Montreal, 25 May 2016 – With Congo’s accession on 16 May 2016, the Nagoya–Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety needs only six more ratifications to enter into force. The Supplementary Protocol aims to contribute to the conservation and…