News and Events

11May
2023

State-level multi-stakeholder meeting on Integrated Management Plans for Renuka Wetland and Pong Dam Lake in Shimla

State-level multi-stakeholder meeting in Shimla on 11 May 2023 ©WISA A state-level multi-stakeholder meeting was held under the chairpersonship of the Member Secretary, Himachal Pradesh State Wetland Authority to review the integrated management plans (IMP) and budgets for Pong Dam Lake and Renuka Wetland. Site Managers presented the IMPs to...

19Apr
2023

Training on Biodiversity Action Plan with Turmeric Farmers in Tamil Nadu

In collaboration with Union for Ethical Bio-trade (UEBT), one-day training on the Biodiversity Action Plan for Turmeric farmers was held in Erode district, Tamil Nadu. The training was part of the ‘Enhancement of Smallholder Spice Farmer’s Capacities in Sustainable Farming’ project, aimed at making production practices economically, socially, and...

14Apr
2023

Reducing Health Risks Related to Commercial Farming of Wild Animals in Viet Nam

Standardised and specific regulations for wildlife farms in preventing zoonotic disease emergence and spillover in Viet Nam were presented and verified at the consultation workshop organised by the One Health Partnership (OHP) Secretariat and GIZ on April 14, 2023. Various questions and follow-up points have been raised regarding the studies...

10Mar
2023

Coffee++ – Transforming livelihoods and climate resilience of smallholder coffee producers through the adoption of regenerative agriculture production systems

[GIZ] Coffee ++ is the follow-up project of the successful collaboration project between GIZ and Nestlé “Improving smallholder coffee farming systems in Southeast Asia” (Project Coffee+), commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Development and Cooperation (BMZ). Building onto this, the Coffee++ integrated development partnership (iDPP) will add new...

09Mar
2023

Feminist & Fair: the gender-transformative innovation competition

[GIZ / Jörg Böthling] Promoting inclusion and social justice in agricultural supply chains while pursuing an intersectional approach - these were the key criteria for the winning projects in the gender-transformative innovation competition Feminist & Fair: The Future of Agricultural Supply Chains. Feminist & Fair invited business-led consortia – consisting of...

09Mar
2023

One-day Media Workshop on ‘Forests for Future and the Future of Forests: Create an Impact with your Reporting’, held at Shimla

Media plays an important role in promoting people’s appreciation for Nature and Biodiversity Glimpses from the Workshop [©Aashima Negi/GIZ] To ensure that life in the Himalayan region doesn’t get affected by forest depletion, the tapping of forests for various Forest Ecosystem Services such as water needs to be done in a...

09Mar
2023

Reducing illegal Wildlife trade through a social media campaign

An example of a call to action “Be a model wildlife protector” of IWT campaign [GIZ ProFEB] The illegal wildlife trade dramatically affects the survival of endangered species globally, and thus tackling poaching and the trade that fuels it continues to be a transnational challenge. Lao PDR is a key...

09Mar
2023

Strengthening local communities’ tenure rights through legal empowerment

Training of Trainers for provincial and district level authorities Investments in agriculture and forestry can benefit both, investors and communities, if governed responsibly and in acknowledgement of tenure rights. This includes ensuring that local communities and labourers know how to make use of their rights attributed to them by law...