Story | 06 Feb, 2018
The 4th International Seminar on Water, Life, Law, and Human Rights (Aqua, Vida, Direitos Humanos) was held at Brazil's National Council of the Public Ministry (Conselho Nacional do Ministério Público (CNMP)) on 11-12 December 2017. Brazil’s Attorney General…
Story | 25 Jan, 2018
1st Webinar on Environmental Law launched for Civil Society Organisations
Shared Resources – Joint Solutions (SRJS) is a 5-year strategic partnership between IUCN NL, WWF Netherlands and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Together with over 50 NGOs and civil society organisations in 16 low- and middle-income countries and international partners, we aim to…
Story | 16 Jan, 2018
MOOCs and protected areas capacity building – where we stand
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are now an undeniable part of the education landscape. Their development really started to take off in 2012 and there are now over 7,000 of them mainly from European and North American universities. MOOCs are a revolutionary opportunity for everyone across the…
Story | 15 Jan, 2018
IUCN Council Expresses Support for WCEL's Work on the Global Pact for the Environment
The IUCN Council has officially welcomed the initiative of WCEL to contribute to drafting and promoting the Global Pact for the Environment for eventual adoption by the United Nations General Assembly.
Story | 14 Jan, 2018
Meeting of the WCEL Ethics Specialist Group
A meeting of the WCEL Ethics Specialist Group was held in September coinciding with the launch of the Ecological Law and Governance Association (ELGA). The Specialist Group seeks to advance applied, actionable ethics in environmental law, and is made up of experts from across disciplines…
Story | 13 Jan, 2018
The Ecological Law and Governance Association was launched on October 13, 2017 at the University of Siena (Italy). The founding document for the Association is the Oslo Manifesto, created at a 2016 workshop of the Ethics Specialist Group of the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law.
Story | 11 Jan, 2018
Garbage In, Garbage Out: Waste management in the Maldives
As a child, Firushan would often go to the beach to play. Back then, the beach used to be covered in leaves that were swept there from the streets.
Story | 12 Dec, 2017
EU auditors find CAP ‘greening’ measures ineffective
The European Court of Auditors (ECA) has found that the ‘greening’ of direct payments under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has been environmentally ineffective.
Story | 07 Dec, 2017
Panama hosted Meeting of local governments on climate change
In the frame of the adoption of the Paris Agreement, countries stressed the need for linking climate actions with public policies, sub-national governments and indigenous peoples.
Story | 28 Nov, 2017
Chinese Climate Change Negotiators visiting ELC
During the UNFCCC COP23, Director Qian Zhou and Deputy Director Zihua Gu of the Climate Change Office, Department of Treaty and Law, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China paid a courtesy call to the IUCN Environmental Law Centre.