The Global Ecosystem Management Programme is involved in several initiatives that cut across its various programmes. They include;
The Global Drylands Initiative (GDI)
The Initiative strengthens natural resource governance in drylands through strengthening of resource rights, establishment of institutional mechanisms for ecosystem management, and development of enabling conditions for policy implementation and revision. Read More.....
Global Island Partnership (GLISPA)
The scope of IUCN’s Islands Initiative is those islands, whether large or small, whose conservation and ecosystem management challenges are substantially shaped by “island” characteristics, including high levels of species diversity and endemism, openness of coastal ecosystems to land-based impacts, competition by people for limited resources including land and fresh water, and vulnerability to external forces, both natural and human-induced. GLISPA has been in existance for about 10 years now. Read More....
Global Mountain Initiative
This is an evolving young initiative, which has been in existance for about a year now. Mountain areas cover 24% of the Earth’s land surface, are home to 12% of the global population, provide vital goods and services - particularly freshwater - to at least half of humanity, are key centres of biological and cultural diversity, and influence climates at many scales. Read More.....
Global Mangrove Management Initiative
This is an evolving young initiative, which has been in existance for about a year nowMangroves are continuously under threat from overharvesting, degradation and land reclamation.Yet we continue to cut them down unaware at times of the role these trees are playing within the coastal ecosystem. Read More.....
Mangroves for the Future (MFF)
This is a unique partner-led initiative to promote investment in coastal ecosystem conservation for sustainable development. Read more.....
