This publication provides a valuable account of how participation of local communities in the conservation of threatened species yields positive environmental and socio-economic results. Our planet is undergoing another mass extinction due to reasons widely known, including human activities such as deforestation, hunting, and overfishing. Much of the failure to arrest the loss of nature stem from the fact that the issue is highly complex and often requires concerted and integrated efforts from a range of stakeholders, including government, private sector and civil society. To this end,...

World Wetlands day- 2021

Kiborgoch Conservancy has an important role for biodiversity, recreation, livelihoods and other ecosystem services for local populations. It acts as a ‘sponge’, by retaining water and moderating its flow. The ecosystem is a home to over 100 species of birds. Wild animals found in the Conservancy include sitatunga (Tragelaphus spekii) - an endangered species, plains zebra (Equus quagga), ostrich (Struthio camelus), waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus), common warthog (Phacochoerus africanus), monkey (Cercopithecidae), olive baboon (Papio anubis), greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros), grant�...

Pawartaku Movement Credit Union (CUG PAWARTAKU) was founded on March 9, 2013 by activists of the Sitas Desa Foundation and activists of the Aryo Blitar Farmers Association, starting with a revolving fund program which is a component of the GEF / SGP Grant program, namely the Procurement of Microhydro Electricity in Tlogosari Village, Kulonbambang Doko Hamlet Blitar Regency, East Java, This micro hydro program generates electricity for 90 households in Tlogosari and Genjong hamlets, including supplying electricity to public facilities, roads and places of worship.

Guidelines are developed for the use of NGOs, GEF SGP grant project teams and other CSOs. The manual explains the specifics of financial management in accordance with current legislation of Ukraine and taking into account the requirements of international organizations.

Tutorial 'Eco-psychologic aspects of social work with persons with disabilities’ is developed for higher educational institutions (in Ukrainian).