Blog | 20 Jun, 2018
Blog: Communities, Conservation, and Livelihoods: A Win-Win Situation
CEESP News -- Indu Kumari, Wildlife Trust of India
The communities living on the fringes of protected forests are considered exploiters by some, while others feel that they are victims. The latter view holds that they had been living in harmony with nature for centuries but are now being…
Story | 13 Jun, 2018
Aleksey Zavarzin IUCN CEC Regional Vice Chair for Eastern Europe and Central Asia meets CEC members from Iran
Story | 01 Jun, 2018
Join IUCN CEC in the #BeatPlasticPollution TAG Game!
If you agree that single use plastics cause huge problems in your environment too, join us in the global movement #BeatPlasticPollution. We invite you for a game that is fun, leads us to live on a healthier planet and helps to spread the message of conservation.
Story | 25 May, 2018
Celebrating the World Forest Day by tree planting and forest cleaning
Brahim Haddane, CEC Regional Vice Chair for the Mediterranean chaired the World Forest Day celebration organised by ASMAPEC with its partners on March 21.
Story | 25 May, 2018
22nd May 2018 was celebrated as the International Day for Biological Diversity, globally. As a part of this, several celebrations were held in India that also commemorated 25 years of India’s actions towards securing biodiversity for the future, through its legal framework process. The event…
Story | 25 May, 2018
CEC presents Nature-Based Solution and #NatureForAll at Asia Society Annual Conference
Upon invitation from East-West Center (EWC), CEC Steering Committee members, Nancy Colleton and Hanying Li, participated in“Taking Nature into Account: Can Valuing Nature and Conservation Promote Sustainable Models of Development in Asia?” a panel at the…
Story | 25 May, 2018
It is with delight that I reach out to all of you amazing Commission members! As Chair of the Commission, I am extremely pleased that we are moving into the next stage of our engagement with you. So get ready!
Story | 23 May, 2018
Follow us at the Communities, Conservation & Livelihoods Conference 2018
CEESP News -- Communities Conservation Research Network (CCRN)
From every part of the world (except Antarctica), over 400 people will converge on Saint Mary’s University, in Halifax, Canada, in late May. They are focused on one thing – the power of local communities to make a difference…
DG Statement | 23 May, 2018
IUCN expresses shock at shooting of 11 environmental protesters in south India
IUCN expresses its shock at the police shooting of 11 people during mass protests over a copper plant in south India, which residents say is causing pollution in the area.
Story | 23 May, 2018
Celebrate 25 years of action on International Biodiversity Day – 22 May
Around the world, people are organizing celebrations on 22 May 2018, the International Day for Biodiversity. The celebrations highlight 25 years of action to implement the Convention on Biological Diversity and build a future of live in harmony with nature.