Story | 11 Apr, 2023
New UN e-learning course on gender and the environment
Elisa Morgera, One Ocean Hub Director; & Mitchell Lennan, Aberdeen University lecturer
Story | 11 Apr, 2023
Ocean & Women, a short film by One Ocean Hub
This short film presents the story of a Ghanaian fish worker, Peace Gavour Abla, and discusses the challenges faced by Ghanaian women living in coastal communities. It celebrates women in small-scale fisheries who strive for genuine participation in ocean-related decision-making.
Story | 10 Apr, 2023
The "30x30" target and opportunities for OECMs in Viet Nam
The Aichi Targets adopted at the 2010 UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) conference in Nagoya, in Japan’s Aichi Prefecture, included Target 11 to effectively conserve 17% of all land and inland waters and 10% of the ocean by the end of the decade. While some progress was made toward…
Story | 11 Apr, 2023
Jack Cole, Project and Fundraising Coordinator, Restore Our Planet
Story | 10 Apr, 2023
Exploring the scope of ecofeminism in the biodiversity-climate nexus
Susan Ann Samuel, PhD Candidate at University of Leeds, School of Politics and International Studies
Grey literature | 2023
Plastic Waste Free Islands Gender Study
To inform gender-responsive programming for the Plastic Waste Free Islands project, IUCN commissioned a study to provide an analysis of plastic pollution in the tourism, waste management, and fisheries sectors of the PWFI islands in the Caribbean (Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, and Saint Lucia)…
Story | 16 Mar, 2023
A new report from the IUCN Plastic Waste Free Islands project answers the question, “What are key human rights issues arising from plastic pollution in the tourism, fisheries, and waste management sectors in the PWFI islands and how do these issues impact men and women differently?”
IUCN event
Interactive Dialogue - Water for Climate, Resilience and Environment
The interactive dialogue is one of five, which are a key part of the official Programme of the UN Water Conference. It will explore the current status, challenges and opportunities for progress, including transformative solutions, related to the interlinkages between water, climate resilience…
Story | 27 Apr, 2023
Urgent action is needed to conserve the endangered intertidal zone and associated habitats along the Yellow and Bohai Seas, with populations of globally threatened and near threatened waterbird species continuing to decline, according to IUCN’s new report titled …