Grey literature | 2021
MARPLASTICCs Economic Briefs - Thailand - Case study on net fisheries
This issue brief presents the results of a study that estimated the impact of marine macroplastic on the Thai net fisheries operating in the Gulf of Thailand.
Blog | 30 Aug, 2022
High seas biodiversity will have to wait…
UN negotiations for a high seas biodiversity treaty come to a (temporary) halt.
Blog | 31 Aug, 2022
The UN's 5th session of the Intergovernmental Conference on conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction (also known as the High Seas Treaty) concluded in New York last week. While it did not result in the adoption of a treaty, the…
Story | 16 Aug, 2022
Progress Towards a New International Agreement to Combat Trafficking in Wildlife
An important hurdle has been cleared in the race to add a new protocol to end wildlife trafficking to the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, and efforts should now be redoubled to build upon State support for this critical initiative, including by WCEL members.
Grey literature | 2021
Policy and Legal Recommendations in the Republic of Cyprus: Plastic Pollution
As a result of a previous gap analysis, the plastic hotspot assessment and the stakeholders’ consultation, this report provides a series of recommendations for plastic pollution.
Grey literature | 2021
Policy and Legal Recommendations in Menorca: Plastic Pollution
As a result of a previous gap analysis, the Plastic Hotspot Assessment, and the stakeholders’ consultation, this report provides a series of recommendations which will help achieve the plastic pollution targets.
Story | 31 Jul, 2022
Does the world acknowledge the contribution of mobile Indigenous communities to biodiversity conservation? The Dana Declaration 2002, unique for mobile Indigenous peoples, recognises them as custodians of Indigenous conservation knowledge. The Declaration will be revisited at the Dana+20 years…
Story | 16 Jul, 2022
New Legal Protections for the Environment in relation to Armed Conflict
Nature and conservation are inevitably harmed during armed conflict. The laws of armed conflict do provide some measure of legal protection for nature, but these rules are limited and vague. The recent adoption by the International Law Commission (a legal body within the United Nations) of a set…
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