Story | 30 Sep, 2020
Celebration of Protected Areas in Latin America and the Caribbean
“The pride and effort to care for and enjoy the natural and cultural diversity of the protected and conserved areas of Latin America and the Caribbean deserves to be celebrated”. (¡Areas protegidas y conservadas – APyC – de América Latina y el Caribe!)
Story | 30 Sep, 2020
BEST: Two new biological reserves in La Reunion
With a unique flora and fauna, Reunion Island is one of the "hot spots" of global biodiversity, home to more than a thousand endemic species.
Story | 30 Sep, 2020
#NatureForAll shares success stories on Panorama
Whether it’s about a volunteer park ranger program in Paraguay or preserving cycads in Colombia, #NatureForAll is helping conservationists and environmentalists share their love and inspiration of parks and protected areas to a global audience.
Story | 30 Sep, 2020
New guidance helps business value their relationships with biodiversity
New guidance released this week by the Capitals Coalition and Cambridge Conservation Initiative will enable business and financial institutions to put the value of biodiversity at the heart of their decision making.
Story | 30 Sep, 2020
Gland, Switzerland, 30 September 2020 (IUCN) – The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has admitted Colombia’s Chingaza National Natural Park, Vietnam’s Van Long Nature Reserve, and French Guiana’s Ile Du Grand-Connétable National Nature Reserve to the IUCN Green List of…
Story | 29 Sep, 2020
IUCN mourns the loss of leading conservationist Paul Mafabi
IUCN is deeply saddened by the passing of Mr Paul Mafabi – a leader in Ecosystem Management who made key contributions towards wetlands management in the region and globally.
Story | 29 Sep, 2020
Sixty-six representatives from the members of the Asia Protected Areas Partnership (APAP) and other Protected Areas (PA) staff from the region learned ways of identifying, recognising, supporting and reporting other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs) through the 6th APAP…
Story | 29 Sep, 2020
Valuing a regional approach to biodiversity conservation
Contributing to the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, countries of Central and Eastern Europe recognised the efforts made through a new model of cooperation – the Biodiversity Task Force of South-East Europe that is advancing strategic planning for conservation and sustainable use of…
Story | 28 Sep, 2020
By recognizing five Cultural Parks as 'Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures' (OECMs), Algeria is making a significant step towards reaching Aichi target 11, as the land designated under this category will grow by 1 Million Km2. Morocco will also be…
Story | 26 Sep, 2020
The West Asia Arabian Plants Specialist Group (WAAPSG) is now revived
The West Asia Arabian Plants Specialist Group (WAAPSG), which was formally known as Arabian Plants Specialist Group (APSG) had been revitalized to join an extensive science-based network of volunteer…