Environmental Law
In Memoriam: Svitlana Kravchenko
The Environmental Law Programme mourns a great friend: Svitlana Kravchenko died at 62, a few days after a heart attack, in Eugene (Oregon). …
16 Feb 2012 | News story
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IPBES in Bonn
From 7-9 December, 2011 IUCN participated in an International expert workshop "Policy support through relevant tools and methodologies in the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services ". The workshop was organized in Bonn, Germany by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) and was attended by 85 delegates. IUCN was represented by an ELC legal officer and IPBES programme officer. …
10 Dec 2011 | News story
IUCN-BfN International Seminar on Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction
The draft recommendations from the 4th meeting of the UN Ad Hoc Open-ended Informal Working Group to study issues relating to the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction (BBNJ) have indicated the need to explore the existing gaps in the legal framework for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction, as well as possible ways forward. …
06 Dec 2011 | News story
Governance of the Goascorán River: a shared resource between El Salvador and Honduras
As part of the IUCN Building River Dialogues and Governance (BRIDGE) project, a workshop was held to strengthen governance capacity of the transboundary river Goascorán. This river basin is shared by Honduras and El Salvador, an area of great environmental, economical and geopolitical importance in the region. … | Spanish
01 Dec 2011 | News story
Enhancing the legal regime on Protected Areas in Dominican Republic
Representatives from Ministries and civil society met on 14 October 2011 in Santo Domingo to bring together ideas for enhancing the PA legal regime in Dominican Republic so that it integrates biodiversity conservation and climate change adaptation. …
08 Nov 2011 | News story
Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia adapt laws and policies to climate change
Delegates from Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia met recently in Tanzania to discuss ways of strengthening national capacity to adapt biodiversity and natural resource laws and governance to climate change with a focus on strengthening climate change policy and laws in the three countries. The workshop also looked at ways of enhancing synergies with international biodiversity and natural resource laws and policies. …
21 Oct 2011 | News story
CNN iReport: IUCN water project in the spotlight
The IUCN Sixaola river project on the Costa Rica-Panama border was recently filmed and broadcast on CNN’s iReport. … | Spanish
20 Oct 2011 | News story
Water Nexus focus of WANI meeting
The water energy and food security nexus was one of the core themes on the agenda of the 13th WANI meeting, held in Costa Rica from 10-14 October. …
15 Oct 2011 | News story
Call for contributions to the Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal – Towards the legal recognition and governance of ecosystem services
On Sunday 3 July 2011 a joint-workshop organized by the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law, the IUCN Commission on Environmental Law and the Environmental Law Centre, entitled “Towards the legal recognition and governance of ecosystem services” was held in Mpekweni, South Africa. …
04 Oct 2011 | News story
IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Colloquium "Water and Law: Towards Sustainability"
Professor Patricia Wouters, Director of the IHP-HELP Centre, on being named the Distinguished Scholar by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) for the July 2011 IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Colloquium "Water and Law: Towards Sustainability" in South Africa, said: …
14 Sep 2011 | News story
