March 2011: A recent UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report, titled "Governing Marine Protected Areas: Getting the Balance Right," highlights the growing recognition in governance debates of the need to move beyond ideological arguments as to which approach is "best" or "right," and to instead develop governance models, frameworks and approaches that combine the role of states, markets and people.
23 March 2011: The UN-REDD Programme Policy Board has agreed, among other things, to approve US$4 million in funding for Ecuador's National Programme for REDD+ (reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries, as well as the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of carbon stocks).
22 March 2011: The UN-REDD Programme has released its "2010 Year in Review" report, highlighting progress and achievements of the Programme in its national and global activities on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD) and efforts in building international consensus on REDD.
The topic of the 13th Annual BIOECON Conference is "Resource Economics, Biodiversity Conservation and Development." It is hosted by the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) in Geneva, Switzerland, and supported by the founding partners of the BioEcon Network: the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Conservation International, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) and the IHEID. The conference will include sessions on: plant genetic resources and food security issues, deforestation and development, fisheries and institutional adaptation, development and conservation, wildlife conservation and park pricing, international trade and regulation, most other issues dealing with living resources, developing country issues, and issues dealing with economics and institutions dealing with biodiversity. The conference will also include a policy forum chaired by the Institutional Partners of BIOECON, on the issue of the creation of international mechanisms for financing the conservation of biological diversity. The call for papers and registration information is available at the conference website.
The objective of this workshop is to discuss how to advance the understanding and integration of biodiversity and ecosystem service (BES) criteria and risk management, lending and investment products.
17 March 2011: The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is inviting nominations of country-designated experts for participation in a joint meeting of the CBD's Bushmeat Liaison Group, and the Central Africa Bushmeat Working Group of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). The meeting will take place from 6-10 June 2011, in Nairobi, Kenya.
This workshop is being convened by the Secretariats of the CBD and CITES, in collaboration with the Great Apes Survival Partnership, the Secretariat of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), FAO and other organizations. The workshop aims to: encourage and enable parties and relevant inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations to take effective action to ensure the conservation and sustainable use of wildlife resources in tropical and sub-tropical forests; develop options for small-scale food and income alternatives in tropical and sub-tropical countries based on the sustainable use of biodiversity; and revise the recommendations of the Liaison Group on Bushmeat.
14 March 2011: A new pilot project using financial incentives to address direct hunting and accidental capture of dugongs was launched in Palau under the 2011 Year of the Dugong campaign. The initiative is led by the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) and Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS).
13 March 2011: The African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Multilateral Environment Agreements (MEAs) Project has launched a dedicated project website that features links to regional hubs, updates on project activities, information on upcoming events and related publications.
10 March 2001: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has released a report titled "Global Honey Bee Colony Disorders and Other Threats to Insect Pollinators," which shows that bee colonies worldwide are under threat, with serious consequences for biodiversity and food security.
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