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21 July 2025
Societies in harmony with nature: building sustainable and resilient communities through the implementation of the Satoyama Initiative and COMDEKS.
The Community Development and Knowledge Management for the Satoyama Initiative Programme (COMDEKS) is a flagship programme of the Satoyama
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09 July 2025
Seeding the Future: In the Peruvian Highlands, Aymara Communities Are Working to Recover and Conserve Their Agrobiodiversity
The community of Culta is part of the Ácora district in the southeastern part of Peru, near the border with Bolivia, along the western shores of
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17 June 2025
Oases of Hope: How Micro-Nurseries Help Restore the Aral Sea
As a child, Zauresh remembers a vast sea with a large variety of vegetation, fish, and animals. Once, a full-flowing sea provided the residents of
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13 June 2025
Greening the Mexican Desert: Local Communities Use Innovation and Tradition to Transform a Desert Landscape Into Forest
In the parched communities of the Mixteca region’s desert fringe, along the Western border of Mexico’s Oaxaca state, the wait for the rainy
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09 June 2025
6th Annual International Climate Initiative Colombia Interface Workshop
The 6th Annual International Climate Initiative (IKI) Colombia Interface Workshop was held on 3 June 2025 in Bogotá, Colombia, at
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06 June 2025
Action for the Ocean:Local Communities in Mauritius are Tackling Plastic Waste and Protecting Marine Life
As a kid, Christina Perrine used to go through plastic waste to find discarded bottles that she could reuse to make decorative plastic flowers. Her
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06 June 2025
COMDEKS Phase 4 knowledge exchange: learning from Japan’s Satoyama sites
Societies living in harmony with nature: this was the central concept demonstrated to representatives from the Global Environment Facility Small
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04 June 2025
Regional Workshop of Innovative Financing for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in partnership with International Environmental Guardianship and Biodiversity Credits Alliance for Latin America and the Caribbean
Through the Global Support Initiative to Indigenous and Community Conserved Areas (ICCA-GSI), the Global Environment Facility’s Small Grants
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02 June 2025
Insights from the 5th Regional International Climate Initiative Workshop in Central America and Caribbean
The 5th Regional International Climate Initiative (IKI) Workshop in Central America and Caribbean was held in San José, Costa Rica from 28-31 May
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16 May 2025
Societies in harmony with nature: locally-led landscape approaches　
Tokyo, 22nd April 2025, the Keidanren Nature Conservation Council (KNCC), the Ministry of the Environment of Japan (MOEJ) and the United Nations
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15 May 2025
Tiny but Mighty: How Bees Are Making a Comeback and Helping Local Communities Thrive in Samoa
Tiny but mighty, bees and other pollinators are vital for the health and well-being of both people and the planet. “In Samoa, beekeeping is
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16 April 2025
Strengthening ocean conservation and sustainable development in Saint Kitts & Nevis
A dual-island nation located between the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, Saint Kitts and Nevis boasts a representative cross-section of
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