Kochi’s Illustrated Natural Asset Map Show Blue-Green Infrastructure
Natural asset maps have been developed for project cities under the INTERACT-Bio project, supported by Germany’s Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, and Nuclear Safety. These maps show the blue-green infrastructure of the cities on the geographic information systems (GIS) platform.In order to communicate the significance of the ecosystems in the city to the […]
Experts Discuss Urban Biodiversity at ASEAN India Workshop
The ASEAN India Workshop on Urban Biodiversity and Application of the City Biodiversity Index was held in Singapore from the 24th to the 26th of September, 2019. Dr. Monalisa Sen, Programme Coordinator (Biodiversity), ICLEI South Asia, presented the work on urban biodiversity being carried out by the organisation. The workshop was attended by 20 cities […]
ICLEI South Asia Prepares Dehradun's City Biodiversity Index
ICLEI South Asia has initiated the development of a City Biodiversity Index for Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The project is being carried out in collaboration with the Wildlife Institute of India. The City Biodiversity Index, also known as the Singapore Index, serves as a self-assessment tool for cities to benchmark and monitor the progress of their biodiversity […]
Goa Environment Minister Releases Book on Tradeable Bioresources
ICLEI South Asia, a Technical Support Group to the Goa State Biodiversity Board, is developing People’s Biodiversity Registers (PBR) in 32 villages. The validation of the PBR of Neura village was carried out at a recent meeting chaired by Hon’ble Environment Minister of Goa Shri Nilesh Cabral, who also released a book on Tradeable Bioresources. […]
Local and Regional Governments Gear Up to Tackle Land Degradation
ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability along with United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and with support from the Indian Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), organised the Local and Regional Governments Day on the 7th of September, 2019. The event was part of the 14th meeting of the Conference of the […]
Pangi Landscape Study: Surveys to Identify Drivers of Degradation
Participatory rural appraisals and household surveys are being conducted in villages in the Pangi landscape. Biodiversity surveys are also being held along with participatory resource mapping. This is part of a UNDP-supported study to define the extent and intensity of habitat degradation in the alpine and sub-alpine areas in the SECURE Himalaya project landscapes of […]
IMT-GT Summit Leaders Approve Sustainable Urban Development Framework
Leaders of three countries, meeting at the Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle (IMT-GT) summit, approved and endorsed the Sustainable Urban Development Framework (SUDF) on the 23rd of June 2019 in Bangkok. ICLEI had provided technical support for the preparation of the SUDF. The Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle (IMT-GT) is a sub-regional economic cooperation programme, aimed at spurring economic […]
Kochi to get Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan
A Local Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (LBSAP) is being prepared for Kochi, as part of the INTERACT-Bio project, which is supported by Germany’s Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU). The action plan is one of the major outputs of the project. Detailed ward-level discussions on biodiversity conservation and associated […]
Gangtok Meeting Highlights City Biodiversity Issues
A stakeholder consultation was organised in Gangtok on the 21st of May as part of the Gangtok Municipal Corporation-funded project on the management of natural resources in the city. The consultation helped to identify the critical ecosystems in Gangtok and the problems these areas faced. The attendees participated in group exercises and discussions, and came […]
Addressing Urban Biodiversity and its Role in Urban Climate Resilience
The Nature Based Adaptation Solutions session focused on the efforts and initiatives being implemented in various cities and city-regions on nature-based solutions to build urban resilience and addressed questions such as how alternative approaches to infrastructure development, e.g. nature-based solutions, contribute towards both improved service delivery and building urban resilience, how existing institutional tools and […]