Story | 22 May, 2018
IPBES-6 - Moving indigenous and local knowledge forward
CEESP News - by Aroha Te Pareake Mead, CEESP Chair, 2008-2016
The work of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has direct relevance to CEESP at many different levels and offers some direct ways for CEESP members to engage.
Story | 14 May, 2018
EAGL Network Established, Members Trained
Establishment of EAGL network for West Asia region
Story | 04 May, 2018
Regional Red Lists of threatened Species and Ecosystems training
First Joint Training Workshop on Species and Ecosystems Red Lists – Abu Dhabi Emirate
Story | 01 May, 2018
CEESP News - by Dr. Bas Verschuuren, Co-Chair: IUCN Specialist Group on Cultural and Spiritual Values of Protected Areas
The IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas’ Specialist Group on Cultural and Spiritual Values of Protected Areas (CSVPA) is realizing a programme entitled “Promoting…
Story | 30 Apr, 2018
Worsening land degradation undermining human well-being worldwide, experts warn
The pervasive nature and scale of land degradation is currently undermining the well-being of two fifths of humanity, according to an IUCN co-authored assessment of global land degradation and restoration.
Story | 23 Apr, 2018
IUCN Green List gets a new logo!
The new IUCN Green List logo is the graphic identifier for the IUCN Green List of Protected and Conserved Areas (the ‘IUCN Green List’) programme, which implements a new global standard for protected areas in the 21st Century.
Story | 19 Apr, 2018
Space for Nature Symposium: what's next?
By Natasha Ali and Trevor Sandwith
On 22 – 23 February 2018, participants at the 'Safeguarding space for nature and securing our future: developing a post-2020 strategy' Symposium discussed the future of spatial planning and policy. The symposium was hosted by the Zoological Society of…
Story | 12 Apr, 2018
The IUCN Wilderness Specialist Group is pleased and honored to announce that John Waithaka is our new Co-Chair, joining Vance Martin (the founder and Co-Chair of the WSG), Sarah Casson (Manager of the WSG), and the global membership of the WSG.
Story | 10 Apr, 2018
Protecting the Torricelli Mountain Range - Tenkile Conservation Alliance (TCA), Papua New Guinea
CEESP News: by Jim Thomas - CEO, Tenkile Conservation Alliance, Papua New Guinea
The Tenkile Conservation Alliance (TCA) is a non-government organisation (NGO) established in Papua New Guinea (PNG) in 2001. Principally established to save the critically endangered Tenkile tree kangaroo…
Story | 06 Apr, 2018
Our friend and colleague Philippe Bouché tragically passed away on Tuesday 5 April, as the aircraft he was piloting crashed on take-off from the La Tapoa resort in W National Park in Niger, West Africa. He leaves behind his wife and two children.