Welcome to the IUCN Commission on Education and Communication

CEC is a network driving change for sustainability. More than 950 members volunteer their professional expertise in learning, knowledge management and strategic communication to achieve IUCN goals.

To join CEC, write to cec@iucn.org. The IUCN Science & Knowledge Management Unit provides the Secretariat focal point for the Commission.

Click on the photo above to see the new video from CEC and Wildscreen

Click on the photo above to see the new video from CEC and Wildscreen

Photo: CEC / Wildscreen

 

In Durban, members of China's 1000 Environment-Friendly Youth Ambassadors Action programme.

China’s youth in action: 1000 environment-friendly ambassadors

CEC member JIA Feng shares the success story of this landmark youth environmental campaign -- the 1000 Environment-Friendly Youth Ambassadors Action programme. …  

22 Feb 2012 | News story

Learning about biodiversity at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina's Planetarium Science Center

Egypt's Planetarium Science Centre activities for Rio+20

The Bibliotheca Alexandrina Planetarium Science Center will mark Rio+20 with a simulation of the globe and pressing sustainability issues on seven continents. Read about this and other 2012 activities. …  

22 Feb 2012 | News story

Une vue de l’atelier sur la dégradation des terres et la gestion du terroir du Massif Kelka tenu à Batouma / Douentza

La nature et nous - Mali

Alassane Ballo, membre de la CEC, partage son avis dans cet essai. Le patrimoine en ressources biologiques du Mali, riche et varié, est malheureusement menacé de disparition.  

22 Feb 2012 | News story

Woman with biogas plant. A quarter of India’s population of over one billion collect forest products almost daily for household tasks such as cooking, heating and feeding their livestock.

Emerging biogas technology in rural India

CEC member Biba Jasmine reports on a WWF-India project to meet people's needs for energy while reducing pressure on fuelwood from forests and conflict with wildlife. …  

22 Feb 2012 | News story

Cada año la frecuencia, severidad de los incendios forestales aumenta, ocasionando una diversidad de daños. Por ello en Bolivia se desarrolla la campaña comunicacional “El fuego está en nuestras manos” de la cual presentamos para su uso la adaptación de la guía “Aprendiendo a manejar el fuego”

El fuego está en nuestras manos

Cada año la frecuencia, severidad de los incendios forestales aumenta, ocasionando una diversidad de daños. Por ello en Bolivia se desarrolla la campaña comunicacional “El fuego está en nuestras manos” de la cual presentamos para su uso la adaptación de la guía “Aprendiendo a manejar el fuego”. …  

22 Feb 2012 | News story

Joe Zammit Lucia

Top scientists go beyond science to art and imagination

CEC member Dr. Joe Zammit-Lucia spoke on the role of art in sustainability at the American Association for the Advancement of Science's annual meeting 17 February. Here is his report. 

22 Feb 2012 | News story

The White-necked Picathartes, a spiritual emblem for some peoples in Sierra Leone, lives in a dwindling forest habitat.

Guarding Sierra Leone’s Forests with Education

This update on recent communication and education initiatives to preven deforestation of the Upper Guinean Forest region in Sierra Leone come from the Environmental Foundation for Africa, headed by CEC member Tommy Garnett. …  

22 Feb 2012 | News story

Rio+20: UN Conference on Sustainable Development

Rio+20 and Biodiversity Japan

CEC members Osamu Abe, Masahiro Kawatei and Makiko Imai, with Akiko Domoto and Naoya Furuta, announce the creation of a volunteer initiative linking Rio+20 to the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity. …  

20 Feb 2012 | News story

Agdal Forestier dans le Haut Atlas central, Maroc

Les élèves de l'école Dar Almanahil à Tetouan, Maroc

Vous trouvez en attaché le rapport de notre activité sur la sortie du jeudi 22 Décembre 2011 avec les élèves de l'école Dar Almanahil à Tetouan, Maroc
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20 Feb 2012 | News story

African Young Scientists Initiative on Climate Change & Indigenous Knowledge Systems

African Young Scientists COP17 Communique

A round table discussion on the Role of Young Scientists and Indigenous Knowledge Systems on Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation at the COP 17 UN Conference on Climate Change produced this communiqué. …  

20 Feb 2012 | News story

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