By Shalini Dhyani on 20 September 2019. Beyond celebrating 25 years of our convention, we need to take a moment to be introspective and ask, have we turned the tide on land degradation? A paradigm shift must take place or change will never happen. – Ibrahim Thiaw, UNCCD Executive Secretary After 15 days of marathonContinueContinue reading “UNCCD COP 14: Are we walking the talk or just talking the talk”
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International Vulture Awareness Day 2019
By IUCN CEM South Asia, on 08 September 2019. Even though not prettiest of birds, known as scavengers, Vultures are more vital than awful because they clean up carcasses that otherwise could rot and spread pandemic. They are divided into two groups: New World vultures (from North, Central, and South America) and Old World vulturesContinueContinue reading “International Vulture Awareness Day 2019”
Vernacular Design – Principal for Resilient Neighbourhood
By Xavier Benedict, on 08 September 2019. My journey of documenting the Northeast Monsoon Wetlands since 2007 made me realize that the coast is prone to natural disasters however the society was resilient. We call the Northeast Monsoon coast of India as ‘Coromandel’. It derived the name from the regional language description of the coastContinueContinue reading “Vernacular Design – Principal for Resilient Neighbourhood”
Forest fire—Impeding effects on the air quality
By Parul Srivastava on 05 June 2019. During the period 5 Jun 2018–4 Jun 2019, as per the database of Global forest Watch there were 58,620 fire alerts in India and 2,180,652 fire alerts across the globe.Forest fire threatens the precious forest resources and biodiversity and is one of the important causes for the damageContinueContinue reading “Forest fire—Impeding effects on the air quality”
Breathe the Life: Resilient Ecosystems can help
By Shalini Dhyani on 05 June 2019. First and foremost on behalf of all CEM South Asia Regional Network let me thank you all for your continued interest and support to our blog Harnessing Nature and the posts in last one year that targeted a variety of concerns related to ecosystems, environment, Nature based Solutions.ContinueContinue reading “Breathe the Life: Resilient Ecosystems can help”
How many could soon be wiped out?
By Deepu Sivadas on 26 May 2019 IPBES Global Assessment is the hot talk of the hour which projected that 1,000,000 species are threatened with extinction. Here a close look onto the conservation status of species in Indomalayan realm where 5,918 species are of conservation concern. The Indomalayan Realm’s natural boundaries contain tropical Asia fromContinueContinue reading “How many could soon be wiped out?”