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08 October 2020
COVID-19 and Indigenous Peoples: Strengthening support mechanisms to help indigenous peoples cope with COVID-19
Confronted with the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, the world is now facing the greatest health, economic and social challenge in the recent times.
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29 September 2020
The value of local action in tackling our planetary emergency
Authors: Yoko Watanabe and Nina Kantcheva   Indigenous peoples and local communities offer the best hope for solutions to our planetary
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24 September 2020
Nature for Life- Putting Nature at the Heart of Sustainable Development and Green Recovery
To complement discussions taking place during the 75th UN General Assembly, UNDP and partners are creating a four-day Nature for Life Hub a
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07 August 2020
Indigenous Allies: supporting Indigenous Peoples’ territories and areas to conserve biodiversity and improve livelihoods in Belize
In Belize’s San Jose village, indigenous peoples know that conserving unique biodiversity can benefit from their knowledge, innovations, and
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17 July 2020
Restoring the land: Behold the power of restoring an ecosystem in Costa Rica’s Jesús María River Basin
The Jesús María River Basin is located in Costa Rica’s Pacific region, and covers 35,280ha of a diverse landscape comprised of forests, coffee
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14 July 2020
Satoyama Initiative – Societies in Harmony with Nature: An inclusive approach for communities, landscapes and seascapes
This is the summary of the virtual event held on July 16, 2020 provided by IISD. Held on the sidelines of the 2020 High-level Political Forum on
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04 June 2020
Our Lake, our Life: protecting their lake and their lifeline, this group from central Madagascar is leading the way in territorial governance, resilience, and local well-being
The 90-hectare Andranobe Lake and surrounding 45-hectare Ambohitsokina watershed are essential to the communities they support; together the two
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29 May 2020
Nature is Calling:Using South-South Cooperation to replicate nature-based solutions
To celebrate this year’s International Biodiversity Day and its theme ‘Solutions are in Nature’, we are featuring nature-based solutions that
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29 May 2020
Nature is our best defence: Taking climate action and fighting fires in the Seychelles
‘Protecting nature makes me very happy in life’, says Victorin Laboudallon. ‘We need to protect it as much as we can, so future generations can
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22 May 2020
ComunicAcción en tiempos de COVID -19
Foto Cortesía: Mayra Perugachi, presidenta del Cabildo de la Comuna Zuleta en Imbabura, en actividades de atención a adultos mayores durante la
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21 May 2020
Restoring indigenous territoriality in Guatemala in support of biodiversity conservation
Guatemala means “the land of many trees”, derived from the indigenous Náhuatl word Quauhtlemallan. Forests cover approximately 37% of
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21 April 2020
COVID-19 updates
SGP is watching closely and responding to the rapid evolution of COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) in all its country programmes to ensure the continuity
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