Story | 03 Mar, 2020
Samoa: improved government capacity to map protected and conserved areas
The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) and the Samoa Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE) completed a national training for Samoa’s government officers across environment and fisheries sectors. The training was organized in the frame of the BIOPAMA…
Story | 02 Mar, 2020
Europe’s forests are critical for biodiversity protection and for mitigating and adapting to climate change, while being under increasing pressure from the growing bioeconomy. But how can the many demands on forests be managed while keeping sight of these priorities?…
Story | 02 Mar, 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 | 02 Mar, 2020
On 13 February 2020, under its Marine Plastics and Coastal Communities (MARPLASTICCs) Project, IUCN in collaboration with the Environment Justice Foundation (EJF) conducted the Thailand Partners Workshop on Reducing Abundance and Impacts of Ghost Fishing Gear at the Research and Innovation for…
Story | 29 Feb, 2020
Channelling action for migratory species from CMS COP13 in India to Central Asia
In February, the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS COP13) adopted a decision for the CMS Central Asian Mammals Initiative (CAMI). CAMI’s Programme of Work for the period 2021-2026 was approved, incorporating IUCN Save Our…
Story | 28 Feb, 2020
Lausanne, Switzerland -- The first standardised methodology to map, measure and forecast plastic leakage across corporate value chains was released this week by the Plastic Leak Project, a multistakeholder partnership led by the sustainability consulting group Quantis and ecodesign centre EA,…
Story | 27 Feb, 2020
Human Rights as an enabling condition in the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
An expert workshop held prior to the second round of negotiations on the post-2020 framework of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) culminated in the proposal of key points for inclusion in the existing zero draft…
Story | 27 Feb, 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.
…Story | 25 Feb, 2020
IUCN ORMACC visited the Saint Lucia National Trust
The meeting was held due to the recent visit of the Acting Regional Director to the Caribbean and made it possible to learn more about the work being done by this IUCN Member organization.
Story | 25 Feb, 2020
Over 100 years in the making: the Bearded Vulture Trio that landed this place IUCN Green List Status
The Parc national des Ecrins achieved IUCN Green List status in June 2019 at the French Nature Congress. Initiated by mountaineers, naturalists and forest workers, the first steps to establish the protected area go back to 1913.