The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) – India Initiative TEEB India Initiative (TII) aims at making the values of biodiversity and linked ecosystem services explicit for consideration and mainstreaming into developmental planning and decision making. Under the TII, 14 field based policy relevant case studies in forests, wetlands and...
Bangkok, Thailand – As part of their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have identified measures to strengthen climate resilience and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and land-use sectors. And to achieve these NDC targets, the scaling-up of climate smart agriculture...
Tuesday, 24 October 2017 (15:11) The Philippines has been named as one of the five “migratory species champions” in the world for its exemplary contribution in the global effort to protect migratory animals, particularly the whale shark or butanding. Also recognized by the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of...
MANILA --- The Twelfth Session of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS COP12) will be held on 23-28 October 2017 in Manila, the Philippines, for the first time that the COP will ever have been held in...
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), Government of India and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH India on behalf of the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany signed an agreement on technical cooperation for the Indo-German Human Wildlife Conflict Mitigation (HWC) project on 11.10.2017...
The Access- and Benefit Sharing (ABS) Partnership Project supports the Indian government in the conservation of the country’s rich biological heritage, in which 7% of globally recorded species (more than 45,000 plant and 91,000 animal species) are challenged to co-exist with over 1.3 billion people and about one sixth...
Biodiversity partners. The German Government has cooperated with the Philippine government in the field of environment and natural resource management. The Protected Area Management Enhancement (PAME) Project successfully held a National Learning Exchange at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Ortigas Centre, Pasig City, on 6-7 September 2017. The learning exchange...
What if we could identify the best local and regional solutions, and promote them for learning at a global level? PANORAMA – Solutions for a healthy planet is a partnership initiative to document and promote examples of inspiring, replicable solutions across a range of conservation and development topics, enabling cross-sectoral learning and...
With the aims to support and inspire fellow projects in their communication efforts, the SNRD Asia Biodiversity Working Group is now collecting successful tools, products and experiences as far as communication is concerned. Through an online survey, the Working group is now inviting all GIZ projects to share their...
L- R: Dr Suhas Buddhe, Chief Managing Director, Biocare India Pvt. Ltd, Dr Ravi Singh, Sec. Gen. and CEO, Ms. Marina Kosmus, Head of GIZ Global Project Private Business Action for Biodiversity, Mr. Pradip Sarmokadam, Member Secretary, Goa State Biodiversity Board and Ms. Alka Talwar, Chief CSR & Sustainability...
