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OthersVideo Promotes Landscape Approaches for National Biodiversity Strategies & Action Plans
A new UNU-IAS video offers guidance for policymakers on integrating landscape approaches into National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs).
2022.10.07 -
OthersSymposium Discusses Citizen Science and Blue Carbon Projects for Seascape Restoration
On 20 September 2022, the IPSI Secretariat, hosted by UNU-IAS, held an online symposium on community-based activities and governance for seascape restoration, focusing on blue carbon systems and citizen science. It was part of a series of events launched in February 2022 as part of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration.
2022.09.29 -
OthersWorkshop Introduces Urban-Rural Sustainability Fellowship in the Asia-Pacific
The Secretariat of the Satoyama Initiative participated in the online workshop Integrated Nature-Culture Approaches to Rural Sustainability organised by the Centre for Civil Society and Governance of the University of Hong Kong. The event introduced the AIRI Fellowship Programme 2022-2023 and experts discussed sustainability and biodiversity conservation practices in rural communities.
2022.08.01 -
OthersEcosystem Restoration Highlighted as Nature-based Solution in Side Event at Climate & SDGs Synergy Conference
A side event of the Climate and SDGs Synergy Conference discussed ecosystem restoration as a nature-based solution that can help address global challenges of biodiversity, climate change, and sustainable development.
2022.07.22 -
OthersHLPF Side Event Spotlights the Role of the Satoyama Initiative for a Sustainable Recovery
An online side event of the 2022 UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) that explored the role of the Satoyama Initiative in achieving the SDGs and recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic. Speakers emphasised the need for integrated approaches based on a harmonious relationship with nature to create lasting solutions to the challenges of climate change and promote well-being.
2022.07.15 -
OthersExperts Spotlight Landscape Approaches for Effective Area-based Conservation in 2nd Asia Parks Congress Side Event
The event explored the potential of socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes (SEPLS) in the designation and management of other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs).
2022.06.06 -
OthersSatoyama Initiative Promoted at Biodiversity Day Symposium
UNU-IAS, host of the IPSI Secretariat, organised a symposium to celebrate conservation efforts from around the world for the International Day for Biological Diversity on May 22. Focused on this year’s IDB theme “building a shared future for all”, the event explored local actions aligned with the international policy agenda.
2022.05.26 -
OthersWebinar Explores Interlinkages Between Biodiversity, Health, and Well-being in SEPLS
On 27 April 2022 UNU-IAS organised an online seminar exploring the nexus of biodiversity, health, and well-being, with a focus on social and economic drivers in socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes (SEPLS).
2022.05.10 -
CBDOthersWorkshops Refine Draft Manual for National Biodiversity Plans
On 26 April 2022 UNU-IAS co-organised two online workshops to gather feedback on a manual designed to guide policy administrators in integrating landscape approaches into national biodiversity strategies and action plans (NBSAPs). The event engaged Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and related organisations, which provided comments and suggestions to refine the draft manual. The manual has been developed jointly by UNU-IAS and the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) with the support of the CBD Secretariat.
2022.05.09
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