Ecosystems | IGES

IGES focuses on the protection and management of healthy, resilient ecosystems for the wellbeing of current and future generations.

Natural resources and ecosystems provide the foundations for a healthy planet and people. We work closely with governments, academic institutions and other development organisations to conduct demand-driven policy research, and provide practical solutions on a range of environmental issues, including biodiversity, forest management, resilient livelihoods and water.

Related Publications

Briefing Note

October 2020

A Beginner’s Guide to the Big Year(s) for Biodiversity

Presentation

October 2020

Reflections on the United Nations General Assembly 2020

Presentation

October 2020

Greening the COVID-19 Response, Recovery and Redesign

Peer-reviewed Article

September 2020

Overview of past, current, and future ecosystem and biodiversity trends of inland saline lakes of Europe and Central Asia

Book

September 2020

Sustainability Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa II: Insights from Eastern and Southern Africa

Related Events

Past Event

21 October 2019

Science-Policy Dialogues on the Assessment of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Southeast Asia & Northeast Asia

From 21 to 23 October, IGES, together with the UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), and the University of Tokyo Institute for Future Initiatives, organized the “Science-Policy Dialogues on the Assessment of...

Past Event

19 August 2019

First author meeting of the IPBES assessment of invasive alien species

On 19-23 August 2019, a few months after approval of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, IPBES assessment of invasive alien...

Past Event

16 October 2018

Role of information platform for integrated lake basin management (ILBM) in Asia: Lessons and pathways for SDGs Workshop at the World Lake Conference 2018 Ibaraki

IGES, in collaboration with the Tokyo Institute of Technology (TokyoTech) and Institute of Technology Cambodia (ITC), and with support from JST and JICA-funded SATREPS project “"Establishment of Environmental Conservation Platform of Tonle Sap...

Related News

Press Release

9 October 2020

【ISAP2020】The 12th International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific “Just Transitions Toward Sustainable Societies in Asia and the Pacific: Building forward better for our future beyond COVID-19”

The 12th International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific, ISAP2020, will be held online by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) from 9 to 13 November and on 30 November 2020.

Press Release

25 August 2020

Contribution to the Online Platform for Sustainable and Resilient Recovery from COVID-19

IGES is pleased to announce its contributions to the ministerial meeting and Online Platform for sustainable and resilient recovery from COVID-19 (“Platform for Redesign 2020”), an initiative led by the Ministry of the Environment, Japan and...

Announcement

1 February 2019

IPBES technical support unit for the assessment of invasive alien species established at IGES

IGES is honored to announce that, today, the Intergovernmental Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) technical support unit (TSU) for the thematic assessment of invasive alien species and their control was established at the IGES...

Related Projects

Project

Updated: October 2020

UNGA 75 Special Page

The 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, from 15 to 30 September 2020, marks the 75th anniversary of the UN. As the world continues to face the COVID-19 pandemic, this UN General Assembly has also become the first in its history to be

Project

Updated: October 2020

The Satoyama Development Mechanism (SDM)

The Satoyama Development Mechanism (SDM) is one of the collaborative activities of the International Partnership for Satoyama Initiative (IPSI), established jointly by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), the United Nations Unive

Project

Updated: September 2020

Sustainability Science journal

Sustainability Science probes interactions between global, social, and human systems, the complex mechanisms that lead to degradation of these systems, and concomitant risks to human well-being. The journal provides a platform for building...