Story | 11 Jul, 2018
16th IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Colloquium
Strathclyde University in Glasgow, Scotland hosted the 16th IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Colloquium from 4-6 July 2018. Many WCEL Members presented and participated in the event.
Blog | 11 Jul, 2018
Returning from the 42nd World Heritage Committee meeting in Manama, in the Kingdom of Bahrain, Peter Shadie, IUCN’s World Heritage Senior Advisor and head of the IUCN delegation at the Committee, takes a moment to share some reflections on this year’s meeting.
Story | 11 Jul, 2018
Assessing Turtles in Ramsar Sites in Lao PDR
In June, IUCN Lao PDR assessed turtle populations in the Xe Champhone Ramsar site in southern Lao PDR. They studied several threatened turtle species, and plan to continue the work at the Beung Kiat Ngong Ramsar Site in the coming months.
Story | 10 Jul, 2018
Biodiversity’s role in landscape restoration: INTERVIEW
Biodiversity is inherently connected to forest landscape restoration, but conceptualising this relationship has been elusive – until now. A new publication called, ‘Biodiversity guidelines for forest landscape restoration opportunities…
Story | 10 Jul, 2018
Aisa Hammadeen is elected CEESP Vice Chair for West Asia
( IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic, and Social Policy)
Story | 10 Jul, 2018
Ehab Eid is elected Vice-Chair for SSC for West Asia (IUCN Species Survival Commission)
Ehab Eid is elected SSC Vice-Chair for West Asia
(IUCN Species Survival Commission)
Story | 09 Jul, 2018
IUCN 70th Anniversary celebrations in Halifax, Canada
IUCN Indigenous Peoples’ Organisation (IPO) Members and non-members attending the Communities, Conservation & Livelihoods conference in Halifax, celebrated IUCN’s 70th Anniversary on 30 May 2018.
Story | 09 Jul, 2018
Great solutions deserve strategic communication
The desert in Africa is always hungry, looking for fertile land to devour. The SAWAP project develops new ways to fight the desert, for instance with smart agriculture. That’s great! But who knows about these innovative solutions? And who adopts…
Story | 09 Jul, 2018
The Caribbean takes important steps for enhanced protected area management
Effective management of protected areas will allow countries in the Caribbean to better track the status of their natural resources, intervene quicker when issues need to be resolved, and potentially open them to more international funding that…