On 02 February 2020. Celebrated every year on 2 February, World Wetlands Day marks the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands in the Iranian city of Ramsar on the same day in 1971. #WetlandBiodiversityMatters “Wetlands and Biodiversity” is the theme for World Wetlands Day 2020. This day is considered as an opportunityContinueContinue reading “India’s Unique Water Purification Wetland Could Soon Become Extinct”
Category Archives: Ecosystem Based Management
UNCCD COP 14: Are we walking the talk or just talking the talk
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”
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”
A small step for a large cause
By Tunira Bhadauria, on 31 March 2019. Sparrows was one of the abundant bird species in our households some years back. However, the lack of emotional connect, mechanical urbanization and development of so called planned cities has pushed these small birds to the verge of extinction. The violent invasion of the concrete jungle intoContinueContinue reading “A small step for a large cause”
Creating Opportunities for Women through Seaweed Farming
By Inbakandan Dhinakarasamy on 25 February 2019. Fisherwomen gathered as groups and trained to knot the seaweed sap in the nylon rope at Field Research Facility, Centre for Ocean Research, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Muttom, Kanyakumari District, India. Courtesy: author Seaweeds not only provide habitats for marine life and reduce ocean acidity, butContinueContinue reading “Creating Opportunities for Women through Seaweed Farming”
In Conversation with: Haseeb Irfanullah on Transboundary Governance and Biodiversity in South Asia
By IUCN CEM Member on 24 December 2018. Dr Haseeb Irfanullah, recently Programme Coordinator at IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Bangladesh Country Office, and presently IUCN CEM member talks to Amartya Deb on transboundary governance of ecosystems and biological diversity in South Indian Peninsula. This is an edited script highlighting few excerpts from theContinueContinue reading “In Conversation with: Haseeb Irfanullah on Transboundary Governance and Biodiversity in South Asia”