Summit at COP15 Discusses Strengthening the Links Between Nature and Culture

On 12 December 2022, members of the IPSI Secretariat contributed to two sessions of the Nature and Culture Summit held as part of the UN Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP15) in Montreal.

COP15 Event Highlights Green Finance and Production Landscapes for Effective Area-based Conservation

As part of the UN Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP15) in Montreal, UNU-IAS co-organised an event on 8 December 2022 focused on Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (OECMs). It explored the financial and economic factors affecting the identification, management, and effectiveness of OECMs that include human productive areas.

COP15 Event Promotes Whole-of-Society Approach to Biodiversity Governance

The IPSI Secrdtariat co-hosted a side event at the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) in Montreal, which discussed the whole-of-society approach to biodiversity governance as essential for realising transformative change. The session presented the findings of the report “Exploring Nature-positive Pathways” from the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL).

IPSI Decade Report Launched at UN Biodiversity Conference

The report provides an overview of the activities and achievements of the International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative (IPSI) towards realising the vision of societies in harmony with nature. Since launching in 2010 IPSI has grown to a network of 292 organisations across the globe working to foster sustainable human–nature relationships.

COP15 Event Celebrates the First Decade of IPSI

On 7 December 2022 a side event at the UN Biodiversity Conference in Montreal celebrated the first decade of the IPSI. The session discussed achievements to date and future priority areas, and launched the IPSI Decade Report 2010–2022, summarising activities and outcomes of the partnership.

New Publication: Recognising and Supporting the Role of Culture in Effective Area-based Conservation

Session Promotes the Satoyama Development Mechanism for a Nature-positive Society

On 2 December 2022, IPSI Secretaria co-hosted a session at the 14th International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific (ISAP 2022). The online event discussed the Satoyama Development Mechanism (SDM), a seed funding programme that supports projects to promote, conserve, or restore socio-ecological landscapes and seascapes (SEPLS). The session was organised in partnership with the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES).

SDM 2022: Results Announcement

Call for Papers: Satoyama Initiative Thematic Review Volume 9

The United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability is pleased to announce a call for papers for the ninth volume of the “Satoyama Initiative Thematic Review” book series. The ninth volume will feature the theme “Business and biodiversity: reciprocal connections in the context of socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes (SEPLS)”.