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Join us at the Nature's Climate Hub! Using Spatial Data to Advance Nature-based Solutions for Climate Change

Forum Post By Annie Virnig / 12 September, 2019 - 06:50

In New York for the Secretary-General's Climate Summit? We're excited to partner with FAO, Rainforest Foundation, and Equator Prize 2019 Winner Comunidades Nativas de Nuevo Saposoa y Patria Nueva de Mediación Callería to offer a workshop on using spatial data for nature-based climate solutions.

Announcements

Hot off the Press! UNDP and ILCN launch a new report on Privately Protected Areas, analysing status in 30 countries

Forum Post By Heena Ahmed / 4 September, 2019 - 03:40

The United Nations Development Programme and the International Land Conservation Network (a project of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy) have today launched a report entitled, "

Protected Areas

Peru Country Profile: International Outlook for Privately Protected Areas

By Heena Ahmed / 4 September, 2019 - 01:59

This country profile is part of a study entitled, "Myron, E., Fabiano, C., and Ahmed, H. International Outlook for Privately Protected Areas: Summary Report. International Land Conservation Network (a project of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy) - United Nations Development Programme, 2019.". The summary report provides an overview of the status of Privately Protected Areas in 30 countries throughout Latin America, Asia, the Pacific, and Sub-Saharan Africa. It summarizes the legal, policy, and institutional mechanisms used in these countries to establish and incentivize PPAs.

Última oportunidad para aplicar! Beca de investigación en conservación y desarrollo sostenible para ciudadanos peruano

Forum Post By Annie Virnig / 5 April, 2019 - 06:00

Estamos feliz de anunciar que hemos vuelto a abrir las solicitudes para nuestro puesto final de doctorado.

Jobs

Last Chance to Apply! Seeking a Peruvian PhD Fellow in Conservation and Sustainable Development

Forum Post By Annie Virnig / 5 April, 2019 - 05:53

We're excited to announce that we've reopened applications for our final PhD fellow position. This is an exclusive opportunity to be a as part of our NASA-funded project "Maintaining Life on Land (SDG 15) under Scenarios of Land Use and Climate Change in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru”! Through th

Jobs

Mapas preliminares de estado de biodiversidad para su 6IN - Peru

By Annie Virnig / 16 March, 2019 - 00:19

Al comienzo del proceso de 6IN, se planteó el reto a las Partes del Convenio sobre la Diversidad Biológica a duplicar la cantidad de mapas utilizados desde su 5IN a su 6IN. ¿Está en camino de enfrentar este desafío? ¡Tenemos buenas noticias para usted! Al utilizar el UN Biodiversity Lab y los conjuntos de datos globales disponibles, creamos 18 mapas preliminares de estado de biodiversidad para su país. Los datos dentro de estos mapas pueden ayudarlo a informar sobre indicadores clave relacionados con las Metas de Aichi 5, 11, 12, 14 y 15.

[EN-FR-ES] Survey on small nature-based enterprises: What do you want to learn?

Forum Post By Martin Sommerschuh / 18 October, 2018 - 01:50

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Learning Opportunity

ESTRATEGIA DE MANEJO EN EL CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO: PARQUE NACIONAL CERROS DE AMOTAPE Y RESERVA NACIONAL DE TUMBES

By Bertha Cecilia Garcia Cienfuegos / 19 January, 2018 - 23:50

La presente investigación realizada en la parte noroccidental de Perú, tiene como objetivo determinar las amenazas y generar las estrategias de manejo para las dos áreas naturales protegidas en estudio (Parque Nacional Cerros de Amotape, Reserva Nacional de Tumbes) que incorporen el componente del cambio climático,implementando todos los esfuerzos necesarios para que los ecosistemas mantengan su resiliencia y que se haga un esfuerzo pro-activo que contribuya a mantener la “materia
prima” de estos importantes ecosistemas.

Eye on Earth Webinar: Effective Communication for Sustainable Development - Distracting People with Reality

Forum Post By Heena Ahmed / 1 May, 2017 - 17:01

Date: May 03, 2017 at 1:30 PM GMT Register: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3724766445296304642 ABSTRACT: Over the last 4 years, World Resource Institute, a global research organization, and Vizzuality, a missio

Biodiversity Mainstreaming

Legal Framework for Protected Areas: Peru I IUCN

By Heena Ahmed / 1 April, 2017 - 14:36

The Peruvian system of protected areas, developed recently, is still in the process of consolidation.
Forty-eight years after the designation of the first national park in Peru, there are now 63 protected
areas at the national level and 20 regional or private protected areas. However, sustainable and efficient
management is still far from being achieved. At the institutional level, progress is very recent. It was
only in 2008 that protected areas, formerly part of the agriculture ministry portfolio, were placed under