Press release | 03 Jul, 2019
The looming extinction of the vaquita puts Gulf of California on World Heritage danger list
The World Heritage Committee today followed IUCN’s advice to list Mexico’s Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California as a World Heritage site in danger. The site’s population of vaquitas – the world’s smallest and most endangered species of porpoise – has been decimated due to the…
Story | 07 Jun, 2019
IUCN advises “in danger” status for three World Heritage sites
IUCN, the official advisor on natural World Heritage, recommends for three natural sites to be listed as “World Heritage in danger”: the Sundarbans in Bangladesh, Mexico’s Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California and the Ohrid region in North Macedonia.
Story | 17 Oct, 2018
Jaguars and Culture: Public Policies for Integrated Conservation in Mexico
CEESP News - Angel Daen Morales Garcia and Jonatan Job Morales Garcia
Story | 13 Jul, 2018
Evaluating indigenous and local peoples’ connections with nature: an ecosystem services framework
CEESP News - by Kamaljit K. Sangha; Research Fellow, Charles Darwin University, Australia
Indigenous and local peoples’ connections with nature are not only limited to the benefits or services people derive from ecosystems, as considered by international frameworks, but also entail…
Story | 24 Apr, 2018
Where tropical forest governance meets the ‘Beast from the East’
A blog by Dr. Emmanuel O. Nuesiri, international scholar and editor of a new book on responsive forest governance – a look at how forest governance has global implications for regulating climate and more.
Story | 22 Mar, 2018
New biosecurity project on Aldabra Atoll World Heritage Site
The Seychelles Islands Foundation has recently started a new project funded by the Indian Ocean Commission and European Union to improve biosecurity measures for Aldabra, entitled, ‘Institutionalisation and implementation of biosecurity measures to ensure sustainable…
Story | 21 Mar, 2018
32 forest experts share their voices
From March 2017 to March 2018, 32 professionals shared their thoughts and expertise on forests in 30-second clips. Here is your chance to hear their stories.
Story | 20 Mar, 2018
IPBES Regional assessment for Europe and Central Asia: a primer
CEESP NEWS - by IPBES Secretariat and submitted by one of the lead authors, Riccardo Simoncini
The world’s biodiversity is being lost and nature’s contributions to people are being degraded, which undermines human wellbeing.
The success of humanity’s efforts to reverse the…
Story | 19 Feb, 2018
Indonesia’s last frontier: indigenous peoples’ rights key to forest preservation
The forests of Papua in Indonesia have been referred to as a last frontier, and those that live in and around them are instrumental in their future. Clarifying and codifying rights to tenure and management may be the key to keeping these forests…