Story | 02 7月, 2020
Sharing Green List experiences from Latin America and the Caribbean
On June 26, for the celebration of the International Day of Tropical Forests, the IUCN Secretariat and the World Commission on Protected Areas organized the virtual discussion “Green List, a future beyond 2020: sharing experiences in Latin America and the Caribbean”. In it, experts and…
Story | 30 6月, 2020
Building ambition for the High Seas Treaty: June IUCN webinar series. What did you miss?
The goal of the three sessions was for all to better understand the UN Treaty on the Conservation and Sustainable use of Marine Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (the High Seas Treaty), to address potential points of divergence, and to build ambition for the …
Artículo | 16 6月, 2020
Amarakaeri, pionera de la Lista Verde de la UICN, busca solidaridad y apoyo en la Amazonía
La Reserva Comunal Amarakaeri es una inspiración a nivel mundial. Junto al Parque Nacional Arakwal, en Australia, es uno de los dos primeros sitios indígenas reconocidos por la Lista Verde. Sin embargo, la Reserva se ha visto afectada por una gran catástrofe, el COVID-19. Desde marzo, las…
Story | 02 6月, 2020
Amarakaeri, an IUCN Green List pioneer, seeks solidarity and support in the Amazon
The Amarakaeri Communal Reserve is an inspiration as one of the first two indigenous co-managed Green List sites in the world, along with Arakwal National Park in Australia. However, the Reserve has been hit by a major catastrophe: COVID-19. Since March the Amarakaeri have closed their community…
Artículo | 29 5月, 2020
En memoria de José Rafael García Acosta
Los miembros venezolanos de la Comisión Mundial de Áreas Protegidas de la UICN y toda la comunidad de las Areas Protegidas de Venezuela estamos de luto por el fallecimiento del ingeniero agrónomo José Rafael García Acosta (1926-2020), fundador del Servicio de Parques Nacionales de Venezuela y su…
Story | 29 5月, 2020
Tributes to José Rafael García Acosta
IUCN Protected Areas joins the Venezuelan members of the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas and the entire community of Venezuela's Protected Areas in mourning for the death of agronomist José Rafael García Acosta (1926-2020), founder of the Venezuelan National Park Service and its…
Story | 30 4月, 2020
A new wave of IUCN Green List commitments in the Amazon to help COVID recovery for rural and indigenous communities and their vital ecosystems.
Story | 12 3月, 2020
Report: Blue Infrastructure Finance, where all win
All coastal and marine ecosystems are critical to human well-being and global biodiversity. Mangroves, coral reefs, and seagrass beds are examples of these. But urban and rural infrastructure investments are having a heavy negative impact on these systems, and it is…
Story | 02 3月, 2020
IUCN adds its voice to 108 organisations around the Globe urging end to harmful fisheries subsidies
Ahead of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministerial Conference, scheduled to launch on World Ocean Day, a statement with 108 signatory organisations from around the world delivers world leaders a message: Reach a meaningful agreement to stop harmful subsidies.
Governments have been…
Story | 27 2月, 2020
Report: Building ambition and planning ahead for the High Seas treaty
A new IUCN report gives a series of recommendations to build ambition for the new agreement on the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ) under UNCLOS.
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