Welcome to the Partnerships Central Portal for Biodiversity.
The Portal is currently under development. When complete it
will offer a complete range of information, tools and service to provide
motivation, practical means and real opportunities for new sustainable development partnerships within Biodiversity.
For the moment, below are relevant partnerships currently in operation.
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PROTEGER
Moving from unsustainable to sustainable fishing in the Middle Parana River.
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International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Government of Kenya, Ministry of Finance & Planning
The project area is the destination for a continuous stream of landless people from southern parts of the Nyeri district. Improving the living standar...
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Consorcio CARP-COFREMAR
El Proyecto es una iniciativa conjunta de la República Argentina y la República Oriental del Uruguay para proteger el medio ambiente del Río de la Pla...
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Ecozona Consultores
The province of Misiones is located in the North-East of the Argentine Republic, integrating the Mesopotamic region. It has two international airports...
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UNESCO-Man and the Biosphere Programme
The concept of “Biosphere Reserve” emerged in the 1970s within the implementation of UNESCO Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme. Not onl...
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NorskeCanada; Weyerhaeuser; Canadian Forest Products; Western Forest Products; International Forest Products
In 1995, international environmental groups launched the “Great Bear Rainforest” campaign to protect British Columbia’s Central and ...
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Champion Tree Project International, Inc.
The mission of the Champion Tree Project is to be a worldwide leader of economic and environmental sustainability by protecting, propagating and plant...
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Global Nature Fund / Unilever South Africa
Protecting Lake St Lucia (and its environment) through the implementation of projects that demonstrate, to local communities, the importance of sustainable utilization of their natural resources.
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Development Alternatives Inc. (USA)
COMPASS promotes management and sustainable use of natural resources in Malawi using a community based (CBNRM) approach. Community-based Natural Resou...
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INTERMEDIATE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT GROUP
The Maasai communities are traditionally pastoralists, but changing circumstances are forcing them to adopt a more sedentary way of life. The intesif...
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American Forest & Paper Association
The Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI) program is a sustainable forest management standard and certification system that seeks to expand the pract...
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The Relief Society of Tigray
The Tigray region in the north of Ethiopia, which is a dryland region, became extremely depleted and deforested during 30 years of war. Dryer climate...
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the Ugandan Component of this UNDP-GEF Project, representing UNDP Country Office and the Government of Uganda
This exhibition for WSSD highlights one of the project sites in the Ugandan Component of the larger UNDP-GEF East African Cross Border Biodiversity Pr...
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Rainforest Alliance
The Mendocino Redwood Company (MRC) was established with the idea that it would be a new kind of forestry operation, one that would manage the forest ...
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Grupo Ecológico Sierra Gorda I A P
1. Brief Overview
Grupo Ecológico Sierra Gorda began as a concerned group of citizens in 1987 that championed in 1997 a civil initiative to decree ...
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GEF-UNDP
Conservation and Sustainable Use of Dryland Agro-biodiversity in Jordan is part of a regional project funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) ...
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NEWMONT MINAHASA RAYA
Unsustainable fishing practices (principally poisoning and bombing) have resulted in degradation of reefs in the coastal region of North Sulawesi. Har...
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BP Chemicals
BP Employees at the Decatur Works in Decatur, Alabama, USA wanted to make a lasting contribution to their community and, by working with a diverse par...
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The Turkish Society for the Protection of Nature (DHKD)
SITUATION BEFORE THE INITIATIVE BEGAN
Çirali is a small village on the coast, backed by the high mountains of the Olympos National Park. Its remote...
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The Turkish Society for Conservation of Nature (DHKD)
During the second half of the 1980’s, conservationists and scientists became increasingly concerned about the export of flower bulbs from Turkey...
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Centre for Eco-cultural Studies (CES)
The two villages selected for the project are
located in the environs of the World
Heritage Site of Sigiriya complex and
wildlife sanctuary in p...
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Suledo Forest Community
Harnessing their knowledge of the species-rich Miombo forests of Tanzania's Arusha region, the Suledo Forest Community has established an effective sy...
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Asociacion de Comunidades Forestales de Peten (ACOFOP)
ACOFOP is an organization of community-based organizations covering 30 rural communities in the buffer zone of the Mayan Biosphere Reserve, a 2.1 mill...
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Shell Petroleum Mining
The project evolved out of concerns expressed by maori over the impact of off-shore drilling on the coastal reefs and the kaimoana (seafood) stocks ...
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De Beers
De Beers decided to develop a major conservation area in tandem with the development of the Venetia diamond mine in the Limpopo Province in the late 1...
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International Potato Center
The CD contains an evaluation of the state of biophysical and human resources on the Ilave-Huenque watershed, which is located at the South of Puno, P...
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Center for Environmental Leadership in Business (Conservation International)
The Energy & Biodiversity Initiative (EBI), comprised of four major energy companies and five leading conservation organizations, is developing tools and guidelines for integrating biodiversity into oil and gas development.
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World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
With the ultimate goal of creating a sufficient supply of certified wood products in order to squeeze out illegal logging and to protect the vast areas of forests not used for commercial purposes, this project draws upon the experience and expertise of 21 forest companies.
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UNESCO
Ninety four countries have established 408 biosphere reserves across the world. Nominated by national governments, these reserves are managed by local communities, government agencies and private businesses in an effort to demonstrate the possibility of conserving natural resources while developing their sustainable use.
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Endangered Wildlife Trust
The Endangered Wildlife Trust teams up with partners on numerous projects designed to promote biodiversity in Southern Africa.
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Johannesburg Zoo Company and the Endangered Wildlife Trust
The Johannesburg Zoo company and the Endangered Wildlife Trust will initiate this legacy project that aims to promote sustainable living, educating children and adults alike about their roles as custodians of the planet and its biodiversity.
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American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA)
The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) leads this project to change the way industrial forestry is practised and to develop a scientifically-sound industry standard for sustainable forestry.
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IUCN-The World Conservation Union
IUCN – the World Conservation Union – has set up this global project to work with the business community to promote the sustainable use of natural resources.
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Confederation of European Paper Industries
The Confederation of European Paper Industries aims to promote sustainable forest management by establishing an internationally recognised benchmark against which the results of various forest management certification initiatives can be compared.
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UNESCO Rhoen Biosphere Reserve, Administration Unit Hessen
This German initiative promotes the conservation of sustainably managed broad leaf woodland by promoting the use of old-growth trees, and hence the creation and conservation of habitats for numerous wild plants and animals which depend on old growth forests and trees.
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Marine Aquarium Council
Creating an international system of environmental standards, certification and labeling for the global trade in marine ornamentals.
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Flora Valley Conservation Trust
This legacy project is about demonstrating the viability of a business model for resource conservation and sustainable livelihoods, which has the potential for replication both within and beyond South Africa.
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Overfishing in the Middle Parana River Wetland