Below is a editable google doc that you can book times to have Mary-Anne model a lesson in your classroom. Simply choose you slot and start typi...
Thursday, 27 June 2013
Sunday, 23 June 2013
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A selection of community conservation initiatives fromaround Sabah and a timeline of key events.From 21-22 June, Holly Shrumm (Natural Justice) joined a Forever Sabah workshop of community conservation leaders. Forever Sabah is a 25-year initiative that aims to build a fair, prosperous and sustainable Sabah (Malaysia) by pioneering the state’s transition to a diversified green economy. It aims to change the development and economic trajectory of...
During the week of 17 June, 2013, the Council of the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) convened its 44th meeting at the headquarters of the World Bank in Washington, D.C. Prior to the start of the meeting, a GEF Council Consultation Meeting with was held with Civil Society Organizations on Monday, 17 June 2013. Naoko Ishii, CEO and Chairperson of the GEF, noted that while progress had been made regarding CSO engagement with the GEF, more could...
Tuesday, 18 June 2013
A new opinion piece, published on 18 June by Natural Justice and the Berne Declaration, sharply criticises the European Commission’s draft EC Regulation 2012/0278 (COD) to implement the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing in the European Union (EU). By excluding a significant category of genetic resources (GRs) from the scope of the regulation, the Draft fails to implement the main objective of the Convention on Biological Diversity and...
Monday, 17 June 2013
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On 16 June, Harry Jonas (Natural Justice) joined Lanash Thanda and Dorothy Lim (Borneo Conservancy Initiative) at a community workshop in Melangkap, Sabah, Malaysia. The participants discussed a range of issues, including their local governance systems and women's contributions to the transmission of traditional knowled...
Sunday, 16 June 2013
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From 14-15 June, Holly Shrumm (Natural Justice) attended a national consultation in Kinarut with women from East Malaysia (Sabah and Sarawak) on human rights in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region. The consultation was organised by Land Empowerment Animals People (LEAP) and the Women's Aid Organisation, with support from the Southeast Asian Women's Caucus in ASEAN (Women's Caucus).The two-day consultation included the following...
On the 15th of June 2013, Natural Justice held a meeting of the African BCP Initiative in Nairobi, Kenya with its Kenyan partners. Phase 2 of the African BCP Initiative has now begun and local partners took the opportunity to discuss their various project of work for 2013-2014. The meeting also heard from prominent human rights lawyer Korir Sing’Oei on the current discussions around the community land bill, Soikan Meitiaki of the Forest CarbonPartnership...
Saturday, 15 June 2013
On the 14th of June 2013, Natural Justice participated in a meeting in Nairobi, Kenya on Indigenous Peoples Community Conserved Territories and Areas(ICCA). The meeting was organized by the ICCA Network in Kenya, with support of by the GEF Small Grants Programme, and attended by a number of civil society representatives in Kenya. Participants in the meeting heard from Grazia Borrini-Feyerabend, General Secretary of the ICCA Consortium, Kanyinke Sena,...
Friday, 14 June 2013
On 12 June, Cath Traynor (Natural Justice Associate) attended an Energy Training Workshop organised by Project 90x2030 and the Alternative Information Development Centre in Cape Town, South Africa. The workshop started with an overview of energy governance in South Africa, including current policies and possible alternatives. Local governance was then discussed, including challenges for local governments to respond to community needs, and the importance...
Natural Justice (Lawyers for Communities and the Environment) is a pioneering international team of legal practitioners. We do cutting edge work on environmental and human rights law, support communities and provide technical advice to governments to secure environmental and social justice. Natural Justice currently works in Africa, Asia and Latin America and has offices in South Africa, Ivory Coast, United States, India and Malaysia.Natural Justice...
Natural Justice (Lawyers for Communities and the Environment) is a pioneering international team of legal practitioners. We do cutting edge work on environmental and human rights law, support communities and provide technical advice to governments to secure environmental and social justice. Natural Justice currently works in Africa, Asia and Latin America and has offices in South Africa, Ivory Coast, United States, India and Malaysia.Natural Justice...
Thursday, 13 June 2013
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The UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) has recently released a new resource entitled "A Toolkit to Support Conservation by Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities: Building capacity and sharing knowledge for Indigenous Peoples’ and Community Conserved Territories and Areas (ICCAs)". The toolkit documents sixteen case studies and a diverse set of innovative tools and approaches developed to help Indigenous peoples...
Monday, 10 June 2013
Today is staff meeting day!We started off with updating the writing scenarios. Some of us were able to edit directly onto the blog.These conversations are valuable as we can each relate to each scenario at different levels of the curriculum.Digital CitizenshipTimely when last night on TV there were news articles about the bullying using askfm - Warning over bullying (click to watch)Think carefully about what defines privacy. What...
Wednesday, 5 June 2013
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From 2-4 June 2013, Harry Jonas (Natural Justice and Ashoka Fellow) attended an Ashoka-hosted Globalizer Summit in Frankfurt, Germany. This year's Globalizer focused on the concept of 'nutrients for all'. On 4 June, over 100 leading experts convened to discuss the issues and to develop a strategic way forwards. Harry presented on Natural Justice's work in relation to the 'right to nutrients'. More information is available here.&nb...
Monday, 3 June 2013
Sankar Pani of Natural Justice has participated in a workshop organized by International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) on human rights issues on 27 May 2013 and on indigenous peoples issues on 29 May 2013, held at the University of Western Australia, Perth. The multi-stakeholder workshop was attended by industry practitioners from ICMM member companies, civil society organizations, academia and experts from international organizations...
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