Story | 19 Apr, 2019
By Kate Logan - Adoption of UN resolution promoting gender equality and safeguarding the rights of women and girls in environmental protection efforts is a crucial step towards protecting the rights of the most vulnerable.
Story | 15 Mar, 2019
IUCN Commission on Ecosystems Management (CEM) Mountain Ecosystem Specialist Group invites submissions of case studies on local and indigenous knowledge and conservation practices in Mountain Ecosystems.
Story | 14 Mar, 2019
South African conservation planning for the future
South Africa is one of the worlds most biodiverse countries and is home to three of the global biodiversity hotspots. This megadiverse country is also leading the way in terms of strategic conservation planning towards the recognition and protection of this amazing species diversity and the…
Story | 06 Mar, 2019
Forest Rights Lost: Evictions Loom Over a Million Adivasis
By Dr Indrani Sigamany - How can the competing issues of conservation and indigenous rights work in harmony to ensure both forests and the livelihoods of their inhabitants are protected?
Story | 06 Mar, 2019
"Forests at risk: Białowieża and beyond" Conference
The main aims of the conference were to raise global awareness of the urgent need to protect Białowieża Forest, the last temperate European lowland forest, from the threats of forest exploitation; and to stress wider concerns about the deep vulnerability of natural…
Story | 05 Mar, 2019
Grass-fed livestock is one answer to climate change, not one of the problems
A new study, headed by Pablo Manzano from the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management, shows that greenhouse gas emissions in pastoralist systems will not differ from natural emissions by wild herbivores. Methodologies that account for livestock…
Story | 26 Feb, 2019
WCEL joins IUCN delegation to UNFCCC COP 24
WCEL members attended the UN Climate Change Summit in Katowice, Poland in December 2018.
Story | 22 Feb, 2019
Towards a Global Pact for the Environment: A Conference Took Place at the European Parliament
By The Global Pact for the Environment - The Global Pact for the Environment held a conference at the European Parliament on 6 February 2019. WCEL has published their report below.
Story | 21 Feb, 2019
WCEL announces a new regional report by Dr Diomandé Dro Hyacinth
Story | 20 Feb, 2019
WCEL announces a new regional report by Elaine (Lan Yin) Hsiao.