Circular Economy Entrepreneurs CE2 Promoting the circular economy
HUB BERN | Project GS-1 Our goal: In cooperation with the CE2 (now Sustainable Switzerland Forum), we want to serve as catalysts for a...
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Jul 24, 20232 min read
Climate neutral Region Oberland-Ost
HUB BERN | Project AUE-1 Our goal: The region Oberland East aims to become climate neutral. With its global standing as a UNESCO World...
Jul 24, 20231 min read
Nature park stations in Bernese parks
HUB BERN | Project AGR-1 Our goal Our aim is to support the nature park stations in Bernese parks in making sustainability tangible and...
Nov 29, 20221 min read
Securing Wildlife Corridors - Bilateral Discussions
The Director of Wyss Academy for Nature, Hub East Africa, Dr Ben Okita accompanied by the CEO and a Board Director of the Conservation...
Oct 10, 20221 min read
Paper & Publications Climate Scenarios
Climate science has long focused on modelling worst-case scenarios. Today, however, it is just as important to demonstrate pathways...
Jun 28, 20221 min read
Armando Valdés-Velásquez joins the South America Team as Senior Advisor
We are thrilled to announce that Armando Valdés-Velásquez is joining the South America Team as Senior Advisor. Here, he tells us about...
May 17, 20222 min read
Miguel Saravia joins the Hub South America Team as Director
We are thrilled to announce that Miguel Saravia is joining the Hub South America Team as Director. Here, he tells us about himself and...
Apr 27, 20229 min read
“Is what I’m doing making sense to a local person?”
An interview with Prof. Dr. Margaret Owuor ahead of the 2022 UN Biodiversity Conference Margaret Owuor, Professor for Integrative...
Apr 12, 20222 min read
Benson Okita joins the Hub East Africa Team as Hub Director
We are thrilled to announce that Benson Okita is joining the Hub East Africa Team as Hub Director. Dr. Okita was previously Director of...
Apr 5, 20221 min read
Sheila Funnell joins the Hub East Africa Team as an Innovation & Impact Specialist
We are thrilled to announce that Sheila Funnell is joining the Hub East Africa Team as an Innovation and Impact Specialist. Here is a few...
Mar 17, 20222 min read
Survey with local households on ecosystems
A matter of opinion? No, science! Ecosystem services can best be investigated in tangible applications and situations. Does the forest...
Mar 17, 20222 min read
Researching ecosystems (2020)
The preservation of the ecological basis of our life can only be achieved if as many people as possible participate in decision-making...
Mar 17, 20221 min read
Participatory mapping exercise in Kipsing, Isiolo
Managing fragile natural resources starts with a sound understanding of their location and dynamics. Together with the National Land...
Mar 17, 20222 min read
Activities in the East Africa Hub - An Overview (2020)
Place/region: Mount Kenya and the catchment area of the Ewaso Ng’iro river together with the Laikipia, Samburu, Isiolo and Meru...
Mar 17, 20221 min read
Building local networks (2020)
Engaging in discussions In addition to environmental organizations and tourism businesses, many other interest groups need to be able to...
Mar 17, 20222 min read
CorriDOOR Project (2020)
In East Africa, as elsewhere, it is not possible to turn back the clocks. Although people and animals lived here side by side 50 years...
Mar 17, 20222 min read
Buffer zones: Reconciling conservation and sustainable livelihoods
A focus on landscapes instead of on isolated individual areas is an underlying goal of the strategic plan for the buffer zone of...
Mar 17, 20222 min read
The Brazil Nut Project (2020)
“If we can identify a common thread of a shared vision, then this will work,” says Sofia Rubio, biologist and entrepreneur in Madre de...
Mar 17, 20222 min read
Activities in the Hub South America - An Overview (2020)
Location/region: Madre de Dios is a department in Peru (85,300 km2). Inhabitants: Approximately 141,070 Biodiversity: As part of the...
Dec 15, 20213 min read
Replacement of raw materials in the circular economy
HUB BERN | Project AWA-1 Our goal: The use of secondary raw materials does not only conserve primary resources, it can also make a...
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