COMDEKS

The two videos produced for the IGES e-Learning Series on “Balancing Biodiversity and Community Resilience through Production Landscapes and Seascapes” have been translated and are now available in Spanish. The videos were produced with cooperation from the executing partners of the GEF-Satoyama Project: Conservation International Japan (CI Japan), the United Nations University Institute for the … Continue reading →

From 9-13 July 2018, the 2nd meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI-2) will take place in Montreal, Canada. The SBI was established by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), with the first meeting held in May 2016, to review implementation progress and strategic actions to enhance implementation; … Continue reading →

From 22-24 May 2018, the IPSI Secretariat hosted the IPSI Case Study Workshop 2018 at United Nations University Headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. The aim of this workshop was to bring together the authors of selected case studies for the “Satoyama Initiative Thematic Review – Vol. 4”, which is the fourth in a publication series developed … Continue reading →

Local communities are essential agents in biodiversity conservation. They are the principal users and managers of rural landscapes—the day-to-day custodians of the diverse landscapes in which most biodiversity is found. Since 2011, the COMDEKS Programme has piloted a community-based landscape approach to conserving ecosystems and promoting sustainable livelihoods in 20 countries. Among other innovations, it … Continue reading →

SGP Ghana has recently developed a video on the achievements of COMDEKS-supported initiatives towards improved livelihoods of local communities and biodiversity conservation in the Weto Range, the target landscape in Ghana. The supported activities have promoted diversification of agricultural landscapes through reforestation, agroforestry, and diversification of production systems through cultivation of more crop varieties, apiculture and … Continue reading →

Local communities are the residents, custodians, and everyday users of socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes. They are the primary agents of landscape change, and can be prime movers in rebuilding landscape resilience. However, in order to do so communities and their organizations must be able to participate effectively in the decision-making processes which affect their … Continue reading →

With the COMDEKS activities in Namibia recently completed, SGP Namibia has just released a new video produced within the framework of the Ex-post Baseline Assessment. This assessment evaluated the results and progress towards improved landscape resilience through COMDEKS-supported initiatives in the Iipumbu-ya-Tshilongo Conservancy pilot landscape. Conservancies have become increasingly important in Namibia as vehicles for … Continue reading →

Two videos were produced for the IGES e-Learning Series on “Balancing Biodiversity and Community Resilience through Production Landscapes and Seascapes” with cooperation from the executing partners of the GEF-Satoyama Project: Conservation International Japan (CI Japan), the United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS), and IGES. The video “The guardians of Ecuador’s … Continue reading →

SGP El Salvador has produced three videos within the COMDEKS ex-post baseline assessment. The video above provides an overview of supported initiatives and their results since the approval of the landscape strategy for the “Jiquilisco Bay – Bajo Lempa – Jaltepeque Estuary Protected Area” in 2014. Since inception of activities in El Salvador, nine projects … Continue reading →

Within the ex-post landscape assessment, SGP Cameroon developed this video to provide an overview of COMDEKS-supported initiatives and their results since the approval of the landscape strategy for the Bogo region in 2013. The Bogo region has been severely affected by desertification in recent years, resulting in lower agricultural production and loss of grazing land, … Continue reading →