http://www.tbpa.net/ Latest news from the Global Transboundary Conservation Network's web site. en-gb Mon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0200 Copyright 2024 Global Transboundary Conservation Network http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 28. http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=51 http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=51 Mon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0200 The TBCSG Executive Committee is happy to present the new logo of our Specialist Group! We hope you will like it!   Aims and indications for use: -The TBCSG logo was created in 2024 to give better visibility to the Specialist Group's activities. http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=50 http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=50 Wed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0200 We are looking for suitable candidates who are interested to serve as Regional Coordinators the Transboundary Conservation Specialist Group-TBCSG. http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=49 http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=49 Fri, 04 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0200 The IUCN WCPA's Transboundary Conservation Specialist Group is a proud supporter of the upcoming compendium of lessons learned, visions for, and recommendations towards the future of environmental peacebuilding. http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=48 http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=48 Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0100 A webinar presenting IUCN WCPA’s Diagnostic tool for transboundary conservation planners was held on 19 February 2021. http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=47 http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=47 Wed, 24 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0100 In June 2020, IUCN WCPA Transboundary Conservation Specialist Group released Version 2. http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=46 http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=46 Fri, 12 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0200 QUEZON CITY, April 18 -- Protected area authorities in Malaysia and Thailand are working together to conserve a rainforest landscape of almost 260,000 hectares straddling the national border between the two ASEAN Member States. http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=45 http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=45 Mon, 20 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0200 Homestays serve as an essential aspect of rural tourism in the Kangchenjunga Landscape (KL). http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=44 http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=44 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0200 In a collaborative move that bolsters yak conservation in the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region, the Government of Bhutan handed over two yak breeding bulls to Nepal and one to Sikkim, India, on 27 February 2020 during a ceremony in Paro, Bhutan. http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=42 http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=42 Fri, 03 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0200 The Hungarian government is planning a mega tourism development project inside the FertÅ‘-Hanság National Park (see promo video  http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=41 http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=41 Mon, 02 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0200 A newly developed training module on initial phases of cross-border conservation and steps towards its institutionalization was presented today at a meeting of IUCN and BfN in Gland, Switzerland. http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=40 http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=40 Wed, 05 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0200 At a recent exhibition of cultural handicrafts in Gangtok, Sikkim, India, one item stood out among the rest. http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=39 http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=39 Mon, 07 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0100 Domesticated yak (Bos grunniens), an icon of the Himalayan highlands, are an important part of the livelihoods of mountain communities in Asia. http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=38 http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=38 Fri, 14 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0100 Following the 2014 Southeast Europe floods, which displaced millions of people and caused over 5 billion USD in damages, the Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe implemented the CRESSIDA project with support from the U. http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=36 http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=36 Sat, 01 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0100 In April 2018, more than 1,000 people gathered in Falelung, a Nepali remote village in the Singalila range of the Kangchenjunga landscape for the country’s second annual yak festival. http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=37 http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=37 Sat, 01 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0100 The domestic yak – long a cornerstone of mountain cultures and economies across the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) – is facing an uncertain future. http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=35 http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=35 Fri, 30 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0100 A conference, ‘Strengthening Regional Cooperation Across Transboundary River Basins and Landscapes in the Hindu Kush Himalaya’, held from 15 to 16 November 2018 in Kathmandu, Nepal, was organised by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD). http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=33 http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=33 Wed, 21 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0100 The Prespa Ohrid ecoregion, covering parts of Albania, Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and including six protected areas, is not only rich in stunning nature, but also benefits from one of the world’s most innovative conservation financing approaches. http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=32 http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=32 Tue, 20 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0100 More than 20 participants from South-Eastern and Eastern Europe gathered in Ulcinj, Montenegro to attend a training workshop 'Initiating Transboundary Conservation', held from 30 October to 1 November 2018. http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=31 http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=31 Mon, 05 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0100 Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development hosted an International Conference of Transboundary Cooperation for Ecosystem-Based Sustainable Development, held from 5-7 December 2017 in Eberswalde, Germany. http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=30 http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=30 Mon, 11 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0100 Hands Across Borders - An international workshop on transboundary conservation, held in Glacier National Park, USA, from 13-18 September 2016, gathered about 50 transboundary conservation practitioners and leaders from six different continents. http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=29 http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=29 Wed, 25 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0100 IUCN released a brochure http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=28 http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=28 Thu, 22 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0100 The 5th ASEAN Heritage Parks (AHPs) Conference, held on 24-28 October 2016 in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, was organised by the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity ( http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=27 http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=27 Mon, 05 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0100 IUCN World Conservation Congress 2016 on 1 September in Hawai'i. http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=25 http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=25 Fri, 02 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0200   Glacier National Park, Montana, USA, will host Hands Across Borders – An international workshop on transboundary conservation from 13-18 September 2016. http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=23 http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=23 Thu, 01 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0200 The Awash River in Ethiopia drains into a land-locked delta in the arid Afar Region and into a series of fresh water and salt lakes. http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=22 http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=22 Tue, 19 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0200 The Saxon-Bohemian Switzerland National Park Region hosted the EUROPARC’s 2016 TransParcNet meeting, held from 7-9 June 2016 in the National Park Visitor Centre in Bad Schandau, Germany. http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=20 http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=20 Fri, 17 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0200 In the last few months, more than 500,000 refugees and migrants from Syria and other Middle Eastern countries passed through Croatia in search of security and a better life in Germany and other European countries. http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=19 http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=19 Mon, 21 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0100 Transboundary issues, especially relating to management of protected areas that straddle two or more economies and the growing illegal trade of plants and animals, are of particular concern in the effective management of conservation areas. http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=18 http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=18 Wed, 11 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0100 The WCPA’s Transboundary Conservation Specialist Group (TBC SG) was invited by the http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=16 http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=16 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0200 The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Secretariat organized a http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=17 http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=17 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0200 At the IUCN World Conservation Congress held in Jeju, Republic of Korea, in 2012, a resolution was adopted to establish an annual event aimed at gathering world leaders in conservation. http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=15 http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=15 Wed, 22 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0200 Hainburg/Donau-Auen National Park in Austria hosted the Little Sydney: Protecting Nature in Europe conference, held from 28-31 May 2015. http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=14 http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=14 Fri, 05 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0200 Transboundary conservation is a process of cooperation to achieve conservation goals across one or more international boundaries. http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=13 http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=13 Fri, 22 May 2015 00:00:00 +0200 IUCN WCPA Transboundary Conservation Specialist Group (TBC SG) successfully organised two official events during the IUCN World Parks Congress in Sydney, Australia, November 2014. http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=12 http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=12 Sat, 13 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0100 After the meeting in Podyjí National Park, Czech Republic, in September 2014, initiated by the EUROPARC Federation Czech Republic, EUROPARC is heading to a new geographic section – EUROPARC Central and Eastern Europe. http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=10 http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=10 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0100 IUCN WCPA Transboundary Conservation Specialist Group (TBC SG) will host two events at the World Parks Congress (12-19 November 2014, Sydney, Australia). http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=9 http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=9 Wed, 05 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0100 “Conservation goals can be achieved across international boundaries through cooperative models, including enhanced nature conservation outcomes, sustainable socio-economic development and the promotion of peace”. http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=8 http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=8 Fri, 31 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0100 The Heart of the Continent Partnership (HOCP) is joining with National Geographic Society (NGS) to create a regional geotourism initiative, including one of their famous maps and a website. http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=7 http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=7 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0200 Thayatal National Park in Austria hosted an International workshop on defining transboundary conservation principles, held from 16-18 October 2013, and organised by IUCN WCPA Transboundary Conservation Specialist Group and local host Thayatal National Park, with support of adjacent Podyjí National Park in the Czech Republic. http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=6 http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=6 Tue, 05 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0100 An International workshop on defining transboundary conservation principles, organised by IUCN WCPA Transboundary Conservation Specialist Group with generous support of a local host, Thayatal National Park, will be held on 16-18 October 2013 in the Austrian National Park. http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=5 http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=5 Mon, 09 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0200 IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) annual Steering Committee meeting was held from 21 to 24 April 2013 in Podgorica, Montenegro. http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=4 http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=4 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0200 A new tool by Transboundary Conservation Specialist Group (TBC SG) of IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) provides guidance to transboundary conservation planners and initiators by helping them more efficiently plan a successful transboundary process. http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=3 http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=3 Thu, 15 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0100 A new publication by IUCN shows how transboundary conservation action in South-East Europe’s Dinaric Arc helps protect the region’s rich biodiversity and introduces an innovative tool which helps develop cross-border partnerships. http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=2 http://www.tbpa.net/news.php?ndx=2 Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0100