UNEP-International Ecosystem Management Partnership

UNEP-IEMP Members Receive 2026 Cheng Siwei Awards for Outstanding Research Achievement and Outstanding Student

10 July 2026

The 2026 Cheng Siwei Fund award recipients were recently announced. Dr. Sun Mingxing, Associate Professor of the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IGSNRR, CAS) a member of the United Nations Environment Programme–International Ecosystem Management Partnership (UNEP-IEMP), received the Cheng Siwei Award for Outstanding Research Achievement. Zhang Shumin, a master student, received the Cheng Siwei Outstanding Student Award. Dr. Sun has long focused on the sustainable transformation of food systems, energy transition, and climate change adaptation. His research is oriented toward national needs and major real-world challenges, with a strong commitment to scientific innovation. Zhang Shumin is diligent and hardworking, has achieved excellent academic results, and demonstrates a strong sense of collective honor, reflecting well-rounded qualities and the positive spirit of a young scholar. Looking ahead, UNEP-IEMP will continue to strengthen scientific innovation and talent cultivation. It will encourage researchers and young students to address important scientific questions and practical needs in the field of sustainable development, with a focus on climate change, ecosystem management, and livelihoods improvement nexus. Associate Professor Mingxing Sun Received 2026 Cheng Siwei Award for Outstanding Research Achievement The Cheng Siwei Award for Outstanding Research Achievement recognizes researchers who are actively engaged in scientific and technological innovation and have made outstanding contributions to research. The Cheng Siwei Outstanding Student Award honors students who demonstrate diligence, academic excellence, and strong overall performance. At the end of 2015, in accordance with the wishes of Mr. Cheng Siwei, his family donated his salary and royalties to the Education Foundation of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and established the Cheng Siwei Fund.

UNEP-IEMP 9th Steering Committee Meeting and 7th Science Advisory Group Meeting successf...

12 June 2026

The UNEP-IEMP 9th Steering Committee Meeting and 7th Science Advisory Group meeting were jointly organized on 9 June 2026,...

GEO 2026 Side Event: Advancing Earth Intelligence for Nature-based Solutions and Carbon ...

02 June 2026

Geneva, Switzerland, 27 May 2026 — At the GEO 2026 Symposium, the side event "EO-enabled MRV for Nature-based Soluti...

UNEP-IEMP and Thai partners explored bamboo collaboration for green development

27 May 2026

26 May 2026, Beijing – The United Nations Environment Programme – International Ecosystem Management Partnersh...

Feb

16

CASE STUDY TEMPLATE: GLOBAL REPORT ON GOOD PRACTICES IN SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT AND RESTORATION OF AGRICULTURAL LANDS AND SOILS

16 February 2026|Other Events

Jul

06

UNEP-IEMP 10-Year Progress Video

06 July 2023|10^th Anniversary

UN Environment Programme-International Ecosystem Management Partnership

Jul

06

UNEP-IEMP 10-Year Progress Review (2012-2022)

06 July 2023|10^th Anniversary

UN Environment Programme-International Ecosystem Management Partnership

Oct

29

“High Level Policy Forum and Dialogue - Collaboration and Cooperation: The Role of Communities, Science and NGOs in Biodiversity Conservation and Utilization” successfully held in Kunming, China

29 October 2021|Forums

In the margin of CBD COP15 part one,"High Level Policy Forum and Dialogue - Collaboration and Cooperation: The Role of Communities, Science and NGOs in Bio...

Jun

08

Forum on Climate Change Economics: Reducing the Inequality in Carbon Footprint of Rural Consumption in China

08 June 2021|Seminars

On 9 June 2021, Dr. Mingxing Sun, a core member of the research team of UNEP-IEMP, will attend the Forum on Climate Change Economics and give a report enti...

Jun

03

Conference on Ecosystem Restoration in Global South co-organized by CCCS and UNEP-IEMP

03 June 2021|Forums

On 7 June 2021, in commemoration of World Environment Day 2021 themed with ‘Ecosystem Restoration’, CCCS in collaboration with UNEP-IEMP will organize a vi...

Global Ecosystem Restoration and Carbon Neutrality: Calling for Coordinated Actions for Science Advancement

CASE STUDY TEMPLATE: GLOBAL REPORT ON GOOD PRACTICES IN SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT AND RESTORATION OF AGRICULTURAL LANDS AND SOILS

Ecosystem Assessment for Sustainable Livelihoods in the Lancang-Mekong Basin

Training manuals under the project “Ecosystem Restoration for Enhancing Livelihoods and Addressing Climate Change: China-Kenya Cooperation on Bamboo Technology Transfer”

The Role of Women's Intra-Household Decision-Making in Enhancing Crop Diversity and Dietary Diversity to Achieve SDG Synergies: Evidence From the Vulnerable Areas of Asia

Unforeseen high continental-scale soil microbiome homogenization in urban greenspaces

Inequality in agricultural greenhouse gas emissions intensity has risen in rural China from 1993 to 2020

Assessing and Comparing Smallholders’ Vulnerability to Climate Change among Countries in the Pan-Third Pole Region

Vacancy Announcement for Postdoctoral Research Fellows in UNEP- IEMP

21 August 2017|Job Opportunities

Two postdoctoral research fellow vacancies in UNEP-IEMP are open for application, with a view to enhancing interdisciplinary research within the CEL Programme.

Two Vacancies under the EbA South Project

28 July 2017|Job Opportunities

The GEF-funded project ‘Ecosystem-based Adaptation through South-South Cooperation’ (EbA South), implemented by UN Environment and executed by the National Deve...