deforestation

The study assessed the socio-economic impact of the project supported by UNDP and the Government of Madhya Pradesh to support local communities in rehabilitating degraded forest, generating sustainable livelihoods and protecting the areas rich ecosystem. The project was supported by the Global Environment Facility.

The study assessed the biodiversity impact of the project supported by UNDP and the Government of Madhya Pradesh to support local communities in rehabilitating degraded forest, generating sustainable livelihoods and protecting the areas rich ecosystem. The project was supported by the Global Environment Facility.

At the request of the Sri Lankan Government an assessment was designed and conducted as part of the development of the country’s national strategy on REDD+.  The assessment involved applying criteria from the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries, and Forests (VGGT) to analyze the tenure implications for a wide array of proposed policies and me

La présente Ordonnance crée l’unité de Gestion de la Grande Muraille Verte (UGMV), rattachée au Secrétariat général du Ministère chargé de l’Environnement, ayant pour mission d’assurer la réalisation et la gestion du segment malien de la barrière verte de protection contre l’avancée du désert dans la bande sahélienne comprise entre les isohyètes 100 et 400 mm sur une distance de 2.600 km de lon

Bleak short-term economic outlook raises the risk that social and environmental

Sri Lanka is in many respects a
development success story. With economic growth averaging
more than 7 percent a year over the past five years on top
of an average growth of 6 percent the preceding five years,
Sri Lanka has made notable strides towards the goals of

This Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD)
covers eight small Pacific island countries (PIC8):
Kiribati, Marshall Islands, the Federated States of
Micronesia, Palau, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu. The
objective of the SCD is to identify the most critical

Ecosystem accounting is a coherent and integrated approach to the assessment of

Una serie de artículos recopilados y editados por Prisma dedicados al cambio climático. Textos que tratan la temática vigente desde la visión y perspectiva de diversos países de la región.

El presente Acuerdo aprueba el Reglamento Especial para la Implementación de Mecanismos de Compensación por Bienes y Servicios Ecosistémicos, que tiene como objetivo general promover la protección, conservación, restauración y uso sostenible de áreas que brindan bienes y servicios ecosistémicos de interés a usuarios directos e indirectos en el territorio nacional a través de la implementación d

In a five-month period, man-made fire cost Indonesia $16.1 billion or 2 percent of GDP in 2015. An estimated 2.6 million hectares – an area four times the size of Bali – burned. While the 2015 fires were some of the worst in recent years (in part as a result of el Nino), they are by no means a singular event. Wide-scale fire crises occur annually in Indonesia.