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

Book

April 2021

Fostering Transformative Change for Sustainability in the Context of Socio-Ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes (SEPLS)

PR, Newsletter or Other

April 2021

Safe Water Use on Tonle Sap Lake

Peer-reviewed Article

March 2021

Assessing Nature’s Contributions to People by Jefoure roads for Sustainable Management in the Gurage Socio-Ecological Production Landscape of Ethiopia

Policy Brief

March 2021

Local Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (LBSAPs) to accelerate actions for biodiversity by local governments

Peer-reviewed Article

March 2021

Multiple values of Bhitarkanika mangroves for human well-being: synthesis of contemporary scientific knowledge for mainstreaming ecosystem services in policy planning

Related Events

Past Event

3 February 2021

International Cosmos Prize Online Symposium

Clear the Path for a Sustainable Future -The Harmonious Coexistence between Nature and Humankind in the COVID-19 era

COVID-19 has drastically changed our societies. The COVID-19 pandemic might have been caused by imbalances in the relationship between nature and humans, such as climate change and deforestation. When considering the COVID-19 era and beyond, we...

Past Event

7 December 2020

Second author meeting of the IPBES assessment of invasive alien species and their control

From 30 November to 7 December 2020, IPBES convened the second author meeting for the assessment of invasive alien species, and which also represented the first ever fully virtual author meeting in the history of IPBES. In the IPBES Global...

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...

Related News

Announcement

2 April 2021

Updated Memorandum of Understanding Between IGES and UNESCAP

On 31 March, IGES and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that reaffirmed their desire to work together in areas of mutual interest in the service of Asia...

Press Release

TAKEUCHI Kazuhiko, President of IGES, receives the 15th MIDORI Academic Prize.

19 March 2021

Kazuhiko Takeuchi, President of IGES, receives the 15th MIDORI Academic Prize.

Takeuchi Kazuhiko, President of the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), has been selected to receive the 2021 MIDORI Academic Prize, which will be presented at the MIDORI Academic Prize awarding ceremony to be held on Friday, 23...

Announcement

2 April 2021

IGES and START Sign Collaboration Agreement to Advance the Circulating and Ecological Sphere (CES) Concept in Asia

On 23 March, IGES and START International Inc., USA, signed an amendment to their memorandum of understanding. IGES was represented by its President, Kazuhiko Takeuchi, and START was represented by its Executive Director, Dr. Jon Padgham. The signing...

Related Projects

Project

Updated: March 2021

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: 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: 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...