Story | 09 Oct, 2017
When you want to go far: farmers and foresters from 15 African countries unite in Tanzania
If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. This African proverb was fittingly applied by Jeffrey Campbell, manager of the Forest Farm Facility, from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the U.N., during the opening of an African conference for forest and farm…
Story | 06 Oct, 2017
Raising and integrating the cultural values of the Ocean
CEESP News - Elise Huffer, Pacific Community
The Pacific Ocean is a living, breathing cultural space which provides meaning to communities living in its islands. Culture is not separate from marine resource management; communities draw on it every day to manage their resources and yet…
Story | 06 Oct, 2017
Climate change a real threat to the Top 50 Mediterranean Island Plants - UPDATE 2017
In 2005, the Mediterranean Islands Plant Specialist Group (IUCN / SSC) published The Top 50 Mediterranean Island Plants - Wild plants at the brink of extinction and what is needed to save them. A decade later, the publication has been updated to assess any changes that may have occurred in the…
Story | 06 Oct, 2017
2nd Inter-American Congress on the Environmental Rule of Law Convenes in Santiago (Chile)
On September 4-6, the Organization of American States (OAS), UN Environment, the Global Judicial Institute on the Environment (GJIE), the World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL), the Supreme Court of Chile, and other partners convened the 2nd Inter-American Congress on the Environmental…
Story | 06 Oct, 2017
Meeting of the Environmental Justice Committee of the Ibero-American Judicial Summit
On Saturday, 2 September, 2017, judicial leaders from across Ibero-America met at the Supreme Court of Chile, in advance of the 2nd Inter-American Congress on the Environmental Rule of Law. The meeting and the Congress were co-sponsored by the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law, the…
Story | 06 Oct, 2017
APAP to hold technical event on human-wildlife conflict
From 5-8 November, the Asia Protected Areas Partnership (APAP) will be hosting a technical workshop on human-wildlife conflict (HWC). This is the third technical workshop that APAP has hosted since its inception in 2013. The learning event will take place in Bhutan, a country that has already…
Press release | 05 Oct, 2017
IUCN ROWA and REC HONOR WINNERS of WATERSUM DRAWING COMPETITION
10 students among those who participated in the drawing competition as part of the “Sustainable Use of Transboundary Water Resources and Water Security Management” (WATER SUM) project funded by the government of Sweden were honored and handed over tablets and other gifts.
Story | 05 Oct, 2017
Sustainable Fisheries Management
Sustainable Fisheries Management for Improved Livelihoods of the Coastal Fishing Community in Tyre, South Lebanon
Story | 05 Oct, 2017
Fisheries Sector in Tyre- Lebanon
Rapid market opportunity and value chain analysis for fisheries sector in Tyre - Lebanon infographics
Story | 05 Oct, 2017
Bonn Challenge Asia Roundtable Report
In May of 2017, Asia's first High Level Roundtable meeting on the Bonn Challenge was held in South Sumatra, Indonesia. The two-day meeting was coordinated, in cooperation with IUCN, by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry of the Republic of Indonesia and the Government of South Sumatra. The…