With thanks to the monthly journal digest of the Poverty and Conservation Learning Group (PCLG) for bringing this article to our attention: Bello, F.G., Carr, N., & Lovelock, B. (2016)... read more →
Readers of this website may find the following article, as found in the Poverty and Conservation Learning Group (PCLG) monthly newsletter, of interest: de Lange, E., Woodhouse, E. & Milner-Gulland,... read more →
The Ecosystem Services Partnership will organise several conferences in 2016 focussing on the use of the ecosystem services concept in policy and practice to find ‘nature based solutions’ for pressing environmental... read more →
Cultural and Spiritual Protected Areas in the region could benefit from attention?! Call for Entries: 2016 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation: http://goo.gl/cGBfCT Since 2000, the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards... read more →
Extinction rates in the Anthropocene are three orders of magnitude higher than background and disproportionately occur in the tropics, home of half the world’s species. Despite global efforts to combat... read more →
When Chinese truck company Beiqi Foton Motor wanted to open a factory in India, its president looked at sites that had a mountain in back and a river in front... read more →
Earthwatch is offering its annual opportunity for funded training and mentoring in organisational and business management practices to protected areas in Africa. Earthwatch and its Earth Skills Network are looking to... read more →
"Abdul Kareem, 66, of Parappa, Kasargod, Kerala had a liking to ‘Kavu’, the sacred forests of Kerala, right from his childhood. He would frequently visit his wife’s house in Puliyankulam... read more →
Interesting example from Italy of how cultural and religious values can support protection and flourishing of nature: "Sacred natural sites (SNS) are instances of biocultural landscapes protected for spiritual motives.... read more →
- Manisha Sheth Gutman - At one of the sessions on Sacred Natural Sites in the World Parks Congress held in Sydney, a participant asked the question “Is it possible... read more →
