Forests and forestry
Forest protection
JOB OPPORTUNITY: TOR of Mangrove Conservation Assistant
TERMS OF REFERENCE Mangrove Conservation Assistant Assignment: Mangrove Conservation Assistant Location: Southern Thailand, with possible regional travel Contract Type: Full-time, on site. Reports to: Foundation Director Duration: 2 years (contingent on performance and funding continuation) Start: Immediately Deadline: 2 March 2024 or Until filled Position: This position is open to Thai nationals and those eligible to work in Thailand OVERVIEW The Knowledge for ...
TOR: Mangrove Conservation Coordinator
Assignment: Mangrove Conservation Coordinator Location: Chiang Mai, Thailand, with possible regional travel Contract Type: Full-time, on site Reports to: Program Director Duration: 2 years (contingent on performance and funding continuation) Start: Immediately Deadline: Until filled Position: This position is open to Thai nationals and those eligible to work in Thailand OVERVIEW The Open Development Initiative (ODI) program of the East-West Management Institute ...
New report shows slowdown in mangrove losses–providing a ‘last best chance’ for global action to protect coastal forests
On July 26 2021, the Global Mangrove Alliance released their inaugural report, The State of the World’s Mangroves, a compilation of the most current information available on what we know about mangrove forests and what’s being done to reverse the downward trends impacting the forests and the ...
Tiisetso Mathole
Webinar|In conversation: Rights-based approaches for forest protection initiatives
Diverse perspectives on the development of solid benefit sharing and community contracting DATE/TIME: Wednesday 12th May 2021 | 10:00 am – 11.30 am (BST) | 3:00 – 4:30 pm (GMT+7) | Via Zoom (Register here) Initiatives aimed at tackling the climate crisis increasingly revolve around forest protection ...
International Conference: Working across Sectors to Halt Deforestation and Increase Forest Area – from Aspiration to Action
As a Collaborative Partnership on Forest (CPF) member, UNCCD is co-organizing the International Conference: Working across Sectors to Halt Deforestation and Increase Forest Area – from Aspiration to Action, which aims to provide substantive input, through UNFF13, to the High-level Political Forum (HLPF), the United ...
UNCCD
Global Forest Watch launches mobile app Forest Watcher
GFW launched the new Forest Watcher mobile app today, designed to bring our powerful, real-time forest change data directly into the hands of people monitoring forests on the ground. Developed in partnership with the Jane Goodall Institute and Vizzuality, Forest Watcher allow users to monitor and report forest change, straight ...
RECOFTC launches Voices for Mekong Forests in Phnom Penh
The Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC) has launched a new five-year, EU-supported project ‘Voices for Mekong Forests’ (V4MF) in Phnom Penh, aiming to “strengthen the voices of non-state actors (NSA), including civil society, Indigenous Peoples and local community groups, to improve forest governance, sustainable ...
Statement of the Network of Indigenous Peoples in Thailand (NIPT) at the 7th AWG-SF Conference
Asia Indigenous Peoples’ Network (AIPP) has published the statement of the Network of Indigenous Peoples in Thailand (NIPT), delivered by AIPP Chair Kittisak Rattana at the 7th ASEAN Working Group on Social Forestry in Chiang Mai, Thailand.Read the full statement below and at AIPP’s website.—ASEAN ...
Regional guidelines on public participation in environmental impact asessment
Mekong Partnership for the Environment (MPE)’s Regional Technical Working Group (RTWG) on Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) have invited public comment on their draft regional guidelines for public participation in EIA. See an introduction to the guidelines below and access the full set of guidelines at their website ...
MPE calls for comments on draft EIA participation guidelines
Mekong Partnership for the Environment has issued a call for public comments on the draft Regional Guidelines on Public Participation in Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), developed by the Regional Technical Working Group on EIA. See below for the full text of the announcement.—— start ——You ...