Story | 26 Apr, 2021
The study and prevention of environmental harm and crimes
CEESP News: by José Luis Carpio-Domínguez & Inés Arroyo-Quiroz *
Story | 26 Apr, 2021
Request for proposal (RfP) – Mid-Term Review Consultant
IUCN Regional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia is looking to engage an external, independent and qualified expert to submit a Proposal for the individual consultancy of Mid-Term Review Consultant in Serbia of the project “…
Story | 13 Apr, 2021
New Marine Protected Areas MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) now open
The IUCN Programme on African Protected Areas & Conservation is launching a new MOOC on Marine protected areas (MPAs). This new course will complement other courses on protected areas already available, such as Protected areas management in Africa, Ecological…
Story | 05 Apr, 2021
New book: "Advanced Introduction to Community-based Conservation"
CEESP News: by Fikret Berkes, University of Manitoba's Natural Resources Institute
The book is a synthesis of community-based conservation theory and practice, written as a textbook for university students and for international conservation practitioners. Berkes argues that biodiversity…
Story | 26 Mar, 2021
Local organisations “are not simple add-ons” to conservation
David Kaimowitz of the Forest and Farm Facility shares his thoughts on the role of the global organisation he now manages, discusses a new report on Forest Governance by Indigenous and Tribal Peoples, and touches on connections to primary forests…
Story | 01 Mar, 2021
First-ever global catalogue of ecosystems will enable coordinated conservation efforts
Gland, Switzerland, 01 March 2021 (IUCN) – The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) today published its Global Typology of Ecosystems, the first-…
Story | 23 Feb, 2021
How Do We Build Back Better After a Pandemic?
By Kristen Walker Painemilla, Chair of the IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy & Senior Vice President of Conservation International's ' Center for Communities and Conservation'
Transformation, an equitable recovery with social justice, and climate change are…
Story | 22 Feb, 2021
One-third of freshwater fish face extinction, warns new report
A new report ‘The World’s Forgotten Fishes’ reveals the extraordinary variety of freshwater fish. This variety accounts for over half of all the world’s fish species and is essential to the health of the world’s rivers, lakes and wetlands and well-being of societies and economies across the…
Story | 11 Feb, 2021
Plastics: mitigating their environmental, health and human rights impacts
CEESP News: By Patricia Parkinson, Director, Environmental Law Oceania *
A new global governance regime for plastics is needed to mitigate their environmental, health and human rights impacts, especially in the Pacific 'Large Ocean Small Islands Developing States' - A tale of flooding…
Story | 03 Feb, 2021
IUCN CEESP Virtual Dialogues to #BuildBackBetter
Faced with the deteriorating situation of environmental human rights defenders during the pandemic, how can the conservation community respond more effectively? Specifically, how can the IUCN Secretariat, membership networks and partner…