Workshops 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

Innovative Biodiversity Education Projects Featured in New Publication

A new publication highlights innovative biodiversity education projects aimed at engaging local communities in the protection and restoration of ecosystems, species, and habitats. Bridging formal and informal education, the projects involved a variety of stakeholders at the local and regional levels, and focused on SDG 14 (life below water) and SDG 15 (life on land). They were developed by Regional Centres of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development (RCEs) as part of the Global Action Programme (GAP) on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) from 2015-2019.

2022.04.22

Manual Provides Guidance on GIAHS Monitoring and Evaluation

IPSI member, the United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability Operating Unit Ishikawa/Kanazawa (UNU-IAS OUIK), recently published the GIAHS Monitoring and Evaluation Manual: A Technical Reference. The publication provides a guide to designing and implementing a monitoring and evaluation (M&E) process for Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems.

2022.04.11

Symposium Promotes Community-based Activities & Governance for Seascape Restoration

2022.02.18

New publication: "Landscape approach for biodiversity, climate change and sustainable development co-benefits"

2022.02.10

Rural Landscape Project of The University of Hong Kong Received UN-Habitat’s 2021 Asian Townscape Award

2022.01.25

New publication: Four Picture Books Illustrate Revival and Rebuilding of SEPLS

2021.12.22

Four new members and two IPSI Collaborative Activities endorsed

2021.12.21

Session at ISAP 2021 Highlights Benefits of Landscape Approaches

2021.12.13