Story | 07 Nov, 2017
Public and Private Sector Engagement for Agrobiodiversity Conservation
CEESP NEWS - by Pierina Benites Alfaro
Agrobiodiversity (AGB) is defined as the diversity of plants and animals domesticated by man, which offers various beneficial environmental services both privately and publicly. Despite this, there has been a significant drop in AGB on a global…
Story | 03 Nov, 2017
Gland, Switzerland - IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, and The Biodiversity Consultancy (TBC) launched the first-ever global biodiversity offset policy database at the Annual General Meeting of the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable…
Story | 25 Oct, 2017
From Locally Managed Marine Areas to Indigenous and Community Conserved Oceans
CEESP News - by Hugh Govan, Adviser, LMMA Network and Adjunct Senior Fellow, University of the South Pacific (USP), School of Government, Development & International, Affairs (SGDIA)
Story | 20 Oct, 2017
IUCN appoints Dr. Juha Siikamäki as Chief Economist
CEESP News - by Seline Meijer
IUCN has appointed Dr. Juha Siikamäki as IUCN’s Chief Economist, effective 1 October 2017. Juha is based in Washington DC and will lead the IUCN Economics Unit within the Science and Economic Knowledge Team.
In fulfilling the Chief Economist mandate…
Story | 16 Oct, 2017
Partnerships for integrated monitoring of coastal ecosystems in the Caribbean
CEESP News - by Maria Pena, Patrick McConney, Sherry Constantine and Lucie Labbouz
Integration of socio-economic data into monitoring of coastal ecosystems, particularly coral reefs, is a relatively recent phenomenon under development in the Caribbean region. SocMon Caribbean…
Story | 16 Oct, 2017
The team behind Netflix's Chasing Coral is on a mission
CEESP News - by Dillon Ripley Lanius
From the makers of Chasing Ice comes the Netflix Original Documentary Chasing Coral. The story of divers, scientists and photographers from around the world who mount an epic underwater campaign to document the disappearance of coral reefs and reveal…
Story | 13 Oct, 2017
Australian Environmental Lawyers call for Sea Country Reforms
CEESP News - by Hanna Jaireth, member of IUCN CEESP, WCEL, WCPA
One of the technical papers in a broad blueprint for the next generation of environmental laws in Australia calls for a more strategic national approach to marine and coastal governance, including nationally consistent laws…
Story | 12 Oct, 2017
Examining the Livelihood and Conservation Benefits from the Trade in wild caught live Tropical Fish
CEESP News - by Pauline Davey, Ornamental Aquatic Trade Association Ltd (OATA)
The Ornamental Aquatic Trade Association has published a report examining the livelihood and conservation benefits from the trade in wild caught live tropical fish for aquariums. The report, highly commended…
Story | 11 Oct, 2017
Respect sacred Natural Sites to guarantee Human Rights, says new African Commission Resolution
CEESP News - by Fiona Wilton, The Gaia Foundation
Deep in Ethiopia's Rift Valley, a group of African custodians met in 2015 to discuss how to protect the continent's sacred natural sites and territories. Their voices were taken to the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights, where…
Story | 11 Oct, 2017
Call for UN to Recognize and Protect the Ocean’s Rights
CEESP News - by Fiona Wilton, The Gaia Foundation / OCC-Uruguay
The ocean covers seventy percent of our planet, generates over fifty percent of the oxygen, regulates climate, and provides food and jobs for millions of people. Yet human activities have led to a global decline in marine…