Story | 16 Aug, 2022
Progress Towards a New International Agreement to Combat Trafficking in Wildlife
An important hurdle has been cleared in the race to add a new protocol to end wildlife trafficking to the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, and efforts should now be redoubled to build upon State support for this critical initiative, including by WCEL members.
Grey literature | 2021
Policy and Legal Recommendations in the Republic of Cyprus: Plastic Pollution
As a result of a previous gap analysis, the plastic hotspot assessment and the stakeholders’ consultation, this report provides a series of recommendations for plastic pollution.
Grey literature | 2021
Policy and Legal Recommendations in Menorca: Plastic Pollution
As a result of a previous gap analysis, the Plastic Hotspot Assessment, and the stakeholders’ consultation, this report provides a series of recommendations which will help achieve the plastic pollution targets.
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Harnessing Nature to Build Climate Resilience: Scaling Up the Use of Ecosystem-based Adaptation
UNEP summary report
Story | 31 Jul, 2022
Does the world acknowledge the contribution of mobile Indigenous communities to biodiversity conservation? The Dana Declaration 2002, unique for mobile Indigenous peoples, recognises them as custodians of Indigenous conservation knowledge. The Declaration will be revisited at the Dana+20 years…
Story | 25 Jul, 2022
Building the knowledge and capacity on Nature-based Solutions in the Western Balkans
IUCN team of experts has delivered a set of training events in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Serbia from March to July 2022 aiming to facilitate experience sharing, strengthen knowledge, and sensitise decision-makers, planners, and practitioners on the role of Nature-based…
Story | 20 Jul, 2022
Enhancing legal and policy frameworks for Nature-based Solutions in the Western Balkans
Until now, there has been no systematic and consistent approach to legal and policy analysis that addresses the integration of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) into development strategies, sectoral policies and legal instruments to tackle climate change and disaster risks. In responding to this gap…
Story | 16 Jul, 2022
New Legal Protections for the Environment in relation to Armed Conflict
Nature and conservation are inevitably harmed during armed conflict. The laws of armed conflict do provide some measure of legal protection for nature, but these rules are limited and vague. The recent adoption by the International Law Commission (a legal body within the United Nations) of a set…
Story | 14 Jul, 2022
Valuing, financing and mainstreaming Nature-based Solutions in China
Beijing, China – A new study released last month examining the value of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) calls for stronger policy and financing support, together with wider application and scaling up of NbS across China.
File | 2016
Helping nature help us Transforming disaster risk reduction through ecosystem management
With the increasing threats that disasters present particularly in the light of climate change, there is an urgent need to prioritise proactive disaster risk reduction over reacting to disaster events.