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2020
An interview with Koko Warner from UNFCCC in the podcast “Vom Feld ins Regal” (“From field to shelf”) about future perspectives of a sustainable agricultural supply chains.
The podcast is a tool used by our multi-stakeholder platform Initiative for Sustainable Agricultural Supply Chains. Every second week our podcast team interviews an expert who is related to agriculture in the global south, sustainable supply chains or the trade and sales of products made of the named crops...
2020
How Birdwatching guide training under Ecological sensitive tourism can help as Green Recovery measures post pandemic
Eurasian Jay, Bird responsible for high success rate of natural regeneration of oak species.Pic credit: Ritesh Sharma How Birdwatching guide training under Ecological sensitive tourism can help as Green Recovery measures post pandemic: case study from HP-FES project, Himachal Pradesh, India GIZ India is partnering with Government of Himachal Pradesh, India...
2020
Understanding the Community Wellbeing within Kayan Sembakung Delta, North Kalimantan
Understanding the Community Wellbeing within Kayan Sembakung Delta, North Kalimantan Background The Delta Kayan Sembakung is an area with high biodiversity and natural resources utilized by the community. The delta has various type of ecosystems which include peat and mangrove. The peat and mangrove are connected, and this condition make the...
2020
Newest Beach Forest Manual (2019) from the Philippines
The GIZ "Sustainable Coastal Protection through Biodiversity Conservation in Coastal Ecosystems affected by Typhoons in the Philippines" (ProCoast) Project in the Philippines, together with the Zoological Society of London- Philippines (ZSL), is currently developing field manuals and protocols for mangrove and beach forest conservation, rehabilitation and management. The ZSL...
2019
Factbox: A field guide to UN climate jargon
A view of dried Ajuan Khota dam, a water reserve affected by drought near La Paz, Bolivia, November 17, 2016. REUTERS/David Mercado 28 Sep 2019 06:02AM REUTERS: Representatives from around 195 countries meet in Poland from Dec 2-14 to agree on the rules of a landmark climate pact. Decades of climate talks...
2019
Good Governance vs Safeguards + Gender: Effective guiding principles of GIZ?
Photo caption: Side event on “empowerment of indigenous peoples and local communities” supported by the Biodiversity Working Group. Photo credits: GIZ / Oemar Idoe In the frame of the GIZ Sectoral FATA Conference, the Biodiversity Working Group supported a side event on “empowerment of indigenous peoples and local communities – reality...
2019
The SNRD Asia and the Pacific’s Working Group Allowance has enabled the Working Groups to bring their initiatives to life.
The SNRD Asia and the Pacific’s Working Group Allowance has enabled the Working Groups to bring their initiatives to life. The Sector Network has allocated a budget of Thirty Thousand Euro to support the Working Group in their activities in 2019. Each WG is entitled to 5,000 Euro and 2,500 Euro...
2019
Mobilising actors to create more sustainable agriculture value chains
Sustainable agriculture can benefit nature and biodiversity, increase product value and empower agricultural communities. The challenge, however, is how to get farmers and vendors -- and all the different stakeholders in the agriculture value chain -- to adopt more environment-friendly practices. Behaviour change is difficult, very, very difficult,” says Dulce...
2019
Laos to further progress on combating illegal logging and promoting trade in legal timber products
Lao government continues in placing its priority on combating illegal logging, promoting trade in legal timber products and sustainable forest management. Purposely, the meeting on “Negotiation Support and Development Committee (NSDC)” brought together multiple stakeholders from line ministries, civil society organisations and private sectors, to review the progress and...
2019
Region targets 30 million hectares for restoration
A new call to bring 30 million hectares of degraded and deforested landscapes into restoration in Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia by 2030 in support of the Bonn Challenge announced at Climate Action Summit. Caused by human activity and bio-physical factors, the degradation of land and ecosystems, exacerbated by...