Singapore International Water Week
Singapore, Singapore
Singapore International Water Week (SIWW) is the global platform for water solutions. It brings policymakers, industry leaders, experts and practitioners together to address challenges, showcase technologies, discover opportunities and celebrate achievements in the water world. The event’s flagship programmes comprise: • Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize • Water Leaders Summit • Water Convention • Water […]
Projeto Conservação da Biodiversidade e Uso Sustentável das Florestas no Noroeste de Mato Grosso
Juruena, Mato Grosso, Brasil
Tema: Recuperação produtiva de passivo ambiental e avaliação de serviços ecossistêmicos Objetivos: 1. Introduzir a temática do papel dos sistemas de uso da terra na promoção de serviços ecossistêmicos; 2. Estabelecer e testar uma metodologia para a medição e avaliação dos serviços ambientais – biodiversidade e sequestro de carbono – promovidos pelos sistemas agroflorestais implantados […]
Katoomba Group Meeting: Emerging Opportunities in Payments for Ecosystem Services and Hydrological Resources
Lima, Peru
The goal of this series of public and private meetings was to explore, and advise on, opportunities for payments for ecosystem services with Peruvian governmental authorities. Specific issues included legal and policy needs, management of financing, and valuation of environmental services to protect watersheds and maintain water quality. A small private meeting–between MINAM, SPDA, Peru’s […]
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Katoomba Group Meeting: Marine and Coastal Group Meeting – PRIVATE EVENT
La Paz, Mexico
This timely workshop follows the first-ever Marine Katoomba Meeting held at the Moore Foundation in Palo Alto, CA in February 2010. The aim of this meeting is to develop the “blueprint” for realizing markets and other innovative financing mechanisms in the marine and coastal realms, building on the significant momentum generated by the inaugural Marine […]
Projeto Conservação da Biodiversidade e Uso Sustentável das Florestas no Noroeste de Mato Grosso
Juruena, Mato Grosso, Brasil
Tema: Recuperação produtiva de passivo ambiental e avaliação de serviços ecossistêmicos Objetivos: 1. Introduzir a temática do papel dos sistemas de uso da terra na promoção de serviços ecossistêmicos; 2. Estabelecer e testar uma metodologia para a medição e avaliação dos serviços ambientais – biodiversidade e sequestro de carbono – promovidos pelos sistemas agroflorestais implantados […]
Katoomba XVII: Taking the Lead: Payments for Ecosystem Services in Southeast Asia
Hanoi, Vietnam
Detailed updates and schedule are available at live.katoombagroup.org! Through-out Southeast Asia, there is increasing regional interest in market-based conservation strategies, including payments for ecosystem services (PES). While a number of projects are underway, PES in the Southeast Asia region primarily occurs on an ad hoc basis through small-scale pilot projects. However, information, capacity to design […]
Seminar on Carbon Credits: Challenges and Perspectives for Indigenous Territories
Brasilia, Brazil
The Communities and Markets Program at Forest Trends partnered with the Brazilian Foundation for Indigenous Affairs (FUNAI) to present and debate the challenges and opportunities around carbon markets in the context of indigenous territorial rights in Brazil. The specific objective of the seminar was to inform FUNAI and selected indigenous rights organizations about the state […]
Katoomba XV: Integrated Solutions: Water, Biodiversity, and Terrestrial Carbon in West Africa
Accra, Ghana
The Katoomba Group is an international network working to promote and improve capacity related to markets and payments for ecosystem services (PES). The mission of the Katoomba Group is threefold: to identify and respond to gaps in PES theory and practice; share intelligence about new developments related to PES markets; and address key PES challenges, […]
Seminar on Carbon Credits: Challenges and Perspectives for Indigenous Territories
Brasilia, Brazil
The Communities and Markets Program at Forest Trends partnered with the Brazilian Foundation for Indigenous Affairs (FUNAI) to present and debate the challenges and opportunities around carbon markets in the context of indigenous territorial rights in Brazil. The specific objective of the seminar was to inform FUNAI and selected indigenous rights organizations about the state […]
Katoomba XIII: Taking Stock and Charting a Way Forward for Payments for Ecosystem Services in Africa
Dar-es-salaam, Tanzania
Previous regional Katoomba meetings in Uganda (2005) and South Africa (2006) demonstrated that Africans have become increasingly interested in market-based conservation strategies, including payments for ecosystem services (PES). While a number of projects are underway, PES in the East and Southern African region primarily occurs on an ad hoc basis through small-scale pilot projects. Information, […]