CSVPA members may be interested to know that the 7th International Conference of the Ecosystem Services Partnership (ESP): “Local action for the common good", will be held in Costa Rica... read more →

With thanks to CSVPA member Vita De Waal for alerting us to this, please note the Yasuni National Park is at risk. Companies could start extracting oil underneath key biodiversity reserve... read more →

The UN University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-IWEH) from February to May hosted a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Environmental Land Degradation (ELD). The course demonstrated how to... read more →

CSVPA members may be interested in this article by Nijaz Deleut on 'EUROPEAN PROTECTED AREAS: Two Study Cases'. It's on "restoring military land in the Mountain Protected Areas", one is the "Hjerkinn Military... read more →

As this is related, likely of interest to many CSVPA members: ourvoices.net goes live 5pm GMT on Tuesday 6th May, coinciding with the event happening at St Paul's Cathedral, London... read more →

The Ecosystem Services Partnership is organising its 7th International conference this time in Costa Rica from 8-12 September 2014 with lots of interesting sessions. The emphasis of this Seventh international ESP conference... read more →

Within the context of the Asian Sacred Sites Network Project, IUCN WCPA Japan, the Biodiversity Network Japan and the Sacred Natural Sites Initiative in collaboration with the IUCN WCPA Specialist group... read more →

April, 2014: From the CSVPA Editor: When I joined CSVPA in 2008, following the World Conservation Congress in Barcelona, I was immediately struck by the level and nature of debate... read more →