By Simone Lovera* Agenda2030 uses the term civil society and other stakeholders but there is no clear definition of either civil society, or stakeholders. Sometimes, the private sector is included in the definition of “civil society”, but in processes like the Committee on Food Security, they are considered separate, which…
21 Oct 2016 : The United Nations Committee on Food Security (CFS) (1), adopted a set of recommendations at its annual meeting in Rome this week that emphasize the need to…
Industrial and other forms of unsustainable livestock production have very real impacts on forests, climate and the environment. They also have devastating consequences for communities, Indigenous Peoples, peasants and women.…
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…
Latest plans by the EU and many other countries to include establishment of monoculture tree plantations in their climate action plans to implement the Paris Agreement will lead to dramatic…
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…
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…
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…
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…
