Video Promotes Landscape Approaches for National Biodiversity Strategies & Action Plans

A new UNU-IAS video offers guidance for policymakers on integrating landscape approaches into National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs).

Symposium Discusses Citizen Science and Blue Carbon Projects for Seascape Restoration

On 20 September 2022, the IPSI Secretariat, hosted by UNU-IAS, held an online symposium on community-based activities and governance for seascape restoration, focusing on blue carbon systems and citizen science. It was part of a series of events launched in February 2022 as part of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration.

Workshop Introduces Urban-Rural Sustainability Fellowship in the Asia-Pacific

The Secretariat of the Satoyama Initiative participated in the online workshop Integrated Nature-Culture Approaches to Rural Sustainability organised by the Centre for Civil Society and Governance of the University of Hong Kong. The event introduced the AIRI Fellowship Programme 2022-2023 and experts discussed sustainability and biodiversity conservation practices in rural communities.

Ecosystem Restoration Highlighted as Nature-based Solution in Side Event at Climate & SDGs Synergy Conference

A side event of the Climate and SDGs Synergy Conference discussed ecosystem restoration as a nature-based solution that can help address global challenges of biodiversity, climate change, and sustainable development.

HLPF Side Event Spotlights the Role of the Satoyama Initiative for a Sustainable Recovery

An online side event of the 2022 UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) that explored the role of the Satoyama Initiative in achieving the SDGs and recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic. Speakers emphasised the need for integrated approaches based on a harmonious relationship with nature to create lasting solutions to the challenges of climate change and promote well-being.

Nine new members and three IPSI Collaborative Activities endorsed

SDM 2022 Call for Proposals!

The deadline for applications is Friday, 12 August 2022. Please note that SDM application is open to IPSI member organisations only.

New Publication: The Biodiversity–Health–Sustainability Nexus: Integrated Solutions from Landscapes & Seascapes

A new policy brief offers recommendations on implementing nexus approaches for transformative change towards sustainability — ways of advancing integrated solutions across multiple sectors. Drawing from strategies used in socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes (SEPLS), the brief elucidates interlinkages between biodiversity and human well-being to guide policymakers in applying solutions for policy coherence, such as One Health.

New Publication: Satoyama Thematic Review Vol. 7

Our new book examines the links between biodiversity, health, and sustainability, focusing on how local and traditional knowledge can contribute to the sustainable management of natural resources, biodiversity conservation and restoration, and good health for all.