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New times for women and gender issues in biodiversity conservation

21 Dec 2016

By Isis Alvarez & Simone Lovera* This piece was originally published here. After two weeks of negotiations, last Friday, the 13th Conference of the Parties on the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD-COP13) held in Cancun, came to an end. Participants from all around the world and from different sectors met during these two weeks and discussed about several issues related to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity as well as the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 …

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The cynical 17%: Why we should conserve biodiversity for people and by people instead of protecting it from people

17 Dec 2016

By Simone Lovera, Global Forest Coalition This piece was originally published by the CBD Alliance for the newsletter, ECO, particularly ECO Volume 54, Issue 19 Friday, December 16, 2016 The…

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Women Ignored by United Nations Biodiversity Summit, Denounce Activists

3 Dec 2016

2 Dec: Ministers at the COP13 of the CBD in Cancun Mexico, are failing to recognize the key role of women in biodiversity conservation in the proposed Cancun declaration [1],…

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Climate Finance, Results-based Payments and Conservation by Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

10 Nov 2016

A Working Paper of the ICCA Consortium and the Community Conservation Resilience Initiative By Simone Lovera, Holly Jonas, Simon Fischer and Coraina de la Plaza Climate change is one of…

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Forest Cover 51 – Mainstreaming biodiversity? Mainstream equity and justice

27 Oct 2016

In this 51st edition of Forest Cover we examine the importance of incorporating a gender perspective in biodiversity conservation and the launching of the ‘Women2030’ global programme with case studies…

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CCRI meeting where peace was always fought for

23 Sep 2016

By Miguel Lovera* Last week, the Colombia National Workshop on CCRI took place in two municipalities: Purísima and Lorica in the Department of Cordoba. It was attended by some 50…

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Sharing Initial Findings of the CCRI at the IUCN World Conservation Congress

20 Sep 2016

By Holly Jonas* The world’s oldest largest and most diverse environmental network – the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) – held its 6th World Conservation Congress from 1-10…

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Hot and Cold at the Second Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-2)

18 Aug 2016

by Isis Alvarez* Although the second session of the UNEA-2 ended on 28 May 2016 at the UNEP Headquarters in Nairobi, key concerns emerging from it are still present in…

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SDG Policy Brief: Biodiversity Conservation

9 Jul 2016

Global biodiversity loss is a key threat to food security, human health, and the sustainable development agenda in general. Biodiversity loss reduces the biosphere’s resilience as biotic components or assemblages…

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Protected Areas as a Threat to the Sustainable Development Goals

29 Jun 2016

By Simone Lovera* When we were preparing the capacity building workshop for the Community Conservation Resilience Initiative in Nepal, which took place on 24 and 25 June in Kathmandu, we…

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Grassroots Communities’ conservation practices in Kenya receive award on World Environment Day

5 Jun 2016

5 June, Nairobi: On this World Environment Day 2016, the Global Forest Coalition [1] and the Indigenous Environment Network [2] presented an award to indigenous women’s groups and local schools…

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New times for women and gender issues in biodiversity conservation

The cynical 17%: Why we should conserve biodiversity for people and by people instead of protecting it from people

Women Ignored by United Nations Biodiversity Summit, Denounce Activists

Climate Finance, Results-based Payments and Conservation by Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

Forest Cover 51 – Mainstreaming biodiversity? Mainstream equity and justice

CCRI meeting where peace was always fought for

Sharing Initial Findings of the CCRI at the IUCN World Conservation Congress

Hot and Cold at the Second Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-2)

SDG Policy Brief: Biodiversity Conservation

Protected Areas as a Threat to the Sustainable Development Goals

Grassroots Communities’ conservation practices in Kenya receive award on World Environment Day

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