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Larger than Tigers: Conservation and development in the Asia-Pacific region

Article
Voices & Views

The Larger than Tigers report, released by the European Commission in May, presents a synthesis of the challenges facing biodiversity across Asia. Lead author Pete Wood walked us through the report’s main findings.

Asia
Oceania
Climate change & disaster risks
Environment & green economy
Forests

Views from the field: Q&A with Franck Viault, former EU Head of Cooperation in Indonesia

Article
Voices & Views

In recent years, Indonesia has graduated out of bilateral EU development assistance. Franck Viault, who recently finished his post as the Delegation’s Head of Cooperation, explains the different projects and programmes and how...

Asia
Indonesia
Environment & green economy
Knowledge Management
Good practices
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Forests
Timber regulation

Views from the Field: In Conversation with the Foreign Minister and EU Ambassador to Timor-Leste

Article
Voices & Views

Emerging from over two decades of conflict and instability, in May 2002 the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste became the 21st century’s first new sovereign state. Since then the country’s government – with assistance from the...

Asia
Timor-Leste
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Climate change & disaster risks
Development Policy
+3
Environment & green economy
Fragility, Crisis Situations & Resilience
Forests

Civil Society Shares Their Experience of the VPA Process at FLEGT Week 2013

Article
Voices & Views

The European Union’s Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) initiative calls on the involvement of civil society in the negotiation and implementation of their Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPA) with timber...

Africa
Ghana
Asia
+2
Indonesia
Myanmar
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Civil Society
Environment & green economy
+1
Forests

Declining Bee Numbers: Measures to Protect the Pollinators in Africa and Asia

Article
Voices & Views

As the crucial role of bees as pollinators of the world’s food supply is increasingly becoming common knowledge, reports about the serious decline of honeybee populations in Europe and the USA have alarmed governments, the private...

Africa
Kenya
Asia
+1
Thailand
Agriculture & Rural Development
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Climate change & disaster risks
+3
Environment & green economy
Food & Nutrition Security
Forests

GCCA Partners Take Stock of Climate Change Actions in Developing Countries

Article
Voices & Views

The European Union’s Global Climate Change Alliance, or GCCA, recently held it’s first Global Learning Event to identify achievements and lessons learned so far, and to consolidate thinking towards the UN Framework Convention on...

Asia
Cambodia
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Climate change & disaster risks
Environment & green economy
+1
Forests