Story | 14 Dec, 2018
IUCN seeks whale conservation experts to advise on energy development impacts
IUCN seeks applications from qualified individuals to serve on its independent scientific and technical advisory panel to minimize impacts on western gray whales during offshore oil and gas development near Sakhalin Island in the Russian Far East.…
Story | 14 Dec, 2018
Derelict Fishing Gear from the World’s Marine Capture Fisheries
Assessment of Annual Rates and Levels of Abandoned, Lost and Discarded Fishing Gear in Global Marine Capture Fisheries
Story | 09 Dec, 2018
WCEL announced today the global release of the WCEL-ICEL-IGEP Note
The United Nations Secretary-General’s Report, “Gaps in international environmental law and environment-related instruments: towards a global pact for the environment” (A/73/419, 3 December 2018).
Story | 05 Dec, 2018
United Nations Secretary General promotes Global Pact
New York, 4 December 2018 – On 3 December 2018, UN Secretary-General Guterres released the UN’s very first report on the state of international environmental law. This work will be decisive if international law is to adequately meet the urgency of Earth’s world-wide environmental crises. It…
Story | 04 Dec, 2018
Global Pact Gap Report released by UN Environment
Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Director of the Law Division for United Nations Environment (UNE), announced today the release of the report “Towards a Global Pact for the Environment.”
Story | 02 Dec, 2018
New WCEL International, Regional and National Report: Le Droit Forestier Français
WCEL announces a new regional report by Anouk Ferté-Devin, Le Droit Forestier Français.
Story | 29 Nov, 2018
First meeting of WCEL Members in Mexico, towards sustainability from environmental law
By Angel Daen Morales Garcia - The First Forum of IUCN Mexico gathered experts from the World Commission on Environmental Law to discuss the legal challenges and solutions facing the environmental crisis in the Mexican context.
Story | 28 Nov, 2018
By Dr. Damilola S. Olawuyi - When leading international law scholars convened in Doha, Qatar for the first Middle East Environmental Law Scholars’ conference hosted by the College of Law and Public Policy (CLPP) at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) earlier this month, they set out to determine…
Story | 18 Nov, 2018
New study looks at increasing the success and effectiveness of mangrove conservation investments
Research offers guidance on making mangrove conservation investments more sustainable and impactful