natural resources

“Stop eating hamburgers, start eating bug burgers” – notes from the African Conference on Edible Insects

Feature / Edible insects have great potential as a solution for food security in sub-Saharan Africa, but are so far under exploited.

World Water Week 2019

Past event / SEI will showcase tools for holistic, efficient and inclusive resource management from our water and sanitation portfolio.

Preserving Nepal’s Midhill springs

Perspective / Freshwater springs are disappearing in Nepal, threatening people’s lives. Research efforts must step up before it is too late.

Dancing rivers of Myanmar – mapping moves from space

Perspective / SEI and its partners are developing a new seasonal river morphological monitoring and warning system to help with flood forecasting in Myanmar.

Bog breathing: the extent of peat shrinkage and expansion on blanket bogs in relation to water table, heather management and dominant vegetation and its implications for carbon stock assessments

Journal article / This study assessed the magnitude of and potential for bog-breathing to influence carbon stock calculations under field and laboratory conditions.

Value farmers if you want to save bees

Media coverage / Innovative farming practices can help preserve biodiversity.

Managing water for the future: Can web-based river basin assessments show the way forward?

Perspective / SWARM, a new platform for water management, combines hydrological modelling and stakeholder input to improve river basin management in Southeast Asia.

IUCN launches toolkit to boost gender integration in coastal resource management

Media coverage

Frontiers 2018/19: Emerging Issues of Environmental Concern

Other publication / This report calls on UN Environment experts to address the most novel environmental challenges currently facing the planet.