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IIED, IUCN, UNEP-WCMC and GIZ are today launching a new navigator that catalogues tools for ecosystem-based adaptation planners and practitioners. Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA), a nature-based solution for adaptation to climate...
Background The knowledge gap regarding post-logging carbon recovery by increased growth is becoming more crucial to understand the significant contribution of forest to climate change mitigation. We assessed the ability...
Key insights from UEBT Conference for Effective Implementation of ABS in India Asia was the highlight of the May 2019 Paris conference on 'Beauty of Sourcing with Respect' organised by...
Integration of Biodiversity Action Plan by Spice Industry as Management tool in their supply chain They say that variety is the spice of life. Unfortunately, that is exactly what we...
Focusing on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework ‘Making Biodiversity Matter: Knowledge and Know-how for the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework’ was the theme for the Ninth Trondheim Conference on Biodiversity(2-5 July...
During the Joint Face-to-Face Steering Group Meeting in Bangkok, the Steering Group members agreed that the method used to support the WG in developing their knowledge product in 2018...
It’s been said that children are the future, but what happens when the next generation of humanity is threatened by environmental degradation? Young people in Asia Pacific are calling...
The SDGs in Action app has been developed to highlight the Sustainable Development Goals - the world’s to-do list to end poverty, reduce inequalities and tackle climate change. It...
From 28-30 May 2019, government officials from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam gathered in Bangkok to discuss the status and progress of wetland policies in the...
“Biodiversity is now on the international agenda to the same degree as the fight against climate change. It is essential to create an international dynamic in favourof biodiversity, with...
Bangkok 5-7 March 2019 With the new members joining the Secretariat, various topics were discussed in an effort to set ways forward for both SNs and to review the existing...
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with GIZ project Powering Agriculture on behalf of BMZ is happy to announce The Benefits and Risks...
Mycotoxin Analysis: A Focus on Rapid Methods Kristine Wolf, Florian J. Schweigert ISBN 978-99944-72-06-2, 02.2018 Click for download Foreword by Christel Weller-Molongua (giz) and Dr. Godfrey Bahiigwa (AUC) Mycotoxin contamination of staple and cash crops...
Upcoming MOOC on “Land Matters! Integrating soil degradation concerns and solutions into policy processes” Registrations are now open for the MOOC “Land Matters! Integrating soil degradation concerns and solutions into policy...
The Environment, Climate Change and Biodiversity, one of the priority areas of the Indo-German Cooperation, recently published a notebook on Agenda 2030. The publication illustrates the contribution of the...
This paper introduces a framework and tool for mapping the interlinkages among the different Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets, and for understanding and better addressing potential trade-offs and synergies...
The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is happy to announce the launch of the...
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Over 240 GIZ technical staff working in the sectors of natural resources, rural development, transport, environment, energy and water from all over Asia recently met at the biennial “Sector...
This course provides an overview of the most relevant developments, concepts, and practical tools in biodiversity conservation and management in the context of international cooperation. The aim is to familiarize...