USAID RM Portal and Partner Newsletters

Conservation Finance Alliance — Par Stanzin Tonyot — Dernière modification 21/07/2009 13:42

The CFA is a collaborative effort to promote sufficient and sustainable funding for biodiversity conservation worldwide. The Conservation Finance Alliance (CFA) was created to catalyze increased and sustainable public and private financing for biodiversity conservation to support the effective implementation of global commitments to conservation. They publish a newsletter called "Focus on Conservation Finance." A newsletter dedicated to the delivery of conservation finance solutions through collaboration The CFA was established in February 2002 in order to encourage and enhance collaboration among institutions and organizations involved in the sustainable financing of biodiversity conservation.

Forest Trends — Par Stanzin Tonyot — Dernière modification 21/07/2009 13:43

Forest Trends is a public/private, non-profit coalition. It emphasizes promoting incentives and “accelerating the evolution of economic systems” that will result in the maintenance and restoration of forest ecosystems. It also identifies three goals: new commerce for ecosystem services, market recognition for sustainable management, and equitable distribution of benefits from commerce returned to local communities. Forest Trends publishes a e-newsletter called Trendlines and is distributed via email to subscribers. It has information on their work, conferences and workshops.

International Institute for Environment and Development — Par Stanzin Tonyot — Dernière modification 21/07/2009 13:44

IIED is an international policy research institute and non governmental body working for more sustainable and equitable global development. IIED acts as a catalyst, broker and facilitator and helps vulnerable groups find their voice and ensure their interests are heard in decision-making. Environmental sustainability is a core concern but not at the expense of people’s livelihoods. It publishes a news bulletin called IIED News Bulletin. It is a bi-monthly e-bulletin with updates on IIED research, events, and publications.

International Union for Conservation of Nature Newsletter — Par Portal Web Editor — Dernière modification 19/07/2010 18:41

 

Iwokrama — Par Stanzin Tonyot — Dernière modification 21/07/2009 13:45

The Iwokrama International Centre for Rain Forest Conservation and Development is an autonomous non-profit institution established by Guyana and the Commonwealth. The Centre manages the nearly one million acre (371,000 hectares) Iwokrama Forest in central Guyana to show how tropical forests can be conserved and sustainably used to provide ecological, social and economic benefits to local, national and international communities. They publish an e-newsletter.

Metafore — Par Stanzin Tonyot — Dernière modification 21/07/2009 13:46

Metafore helps companies discover the value of transforming business practices so they achieve desirable social, environmental and financial results. Metafore's In Focus newsletter, a weekly news wrap-up on sustainable business issues covered in media outlets around the world.

The Business and Biodiversity Offset Program (BBOP) — Par Stanzin Tonyot — Dernière modification 21/07/2009 13:48

BBOP is a new partnership between companies, governments and conservation experts to explore biodiversity offsets. They are demonstrating conservation and livelihood outcomes in a portfolio of biodiversity offset pilot projects; developing, testing, and disseminating best practice on biodiversity offsets; and contributing to policy and corporate developments on biodiversity offsets so they meet conservation and business objectives.

The Environmental Services Program (ESP) — Par Stanzin Tonyot — Dernière modification 21/07/2009 13:48

ESP is a five-year program which was developed by USAID/Indonesia in response to the Presidential Initiative of 2002 to improve sustainable management of water resources. This initiative supports activities in the following three key areas: Access to clean water and sanitation services, Improved watershed management, and Increasing the productivity of water. It periodically publishes an online news called ESP news.

Welcome to NewsforDev | News for Development — Par Rose Hessmiller — Dernière modification 21/07/2009 13:54

NewsforDev is a project of the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA) that employs RSS and e-mail news technology to bring knowledge and information to agricultural development practitioners in ACP countries.