Story | 18 Oct, 2017
Celebrating International Vulture Awareness Day - Tata Steel Zoological Park at Jamshedpur, India
CEESP News - by Dr Hishmi Jamil Husain, Head Environment & Forest Management, Tata Steel Limited
Story | 13 Oct, 2017
Australian Environmental Lawyers call for Sea Country Reforms
CEESP News - by Hanna Jaireth, member of IUCN CEESP, WCEL, WCPA
One of the technical papers in a broad blueprint for the next generation of environmental laws in Australia calls for a more strategic national approach to marine and coastal governance, including nationally consistent laws…
Story | 12 Oct, 2017
Examining the Livelihood and Conservation Benefits from the Trade in wild caught live Tropical Fish
CEESP News - by Pauline Davey, Ornamental Aquatic Trade Association Ltd (OATA)
The Ornamental Aquatic Trade Association has published a report examining the livelihood and conservation benefits from the trade in wild caught live tropical fish for aquariums. The report, highly commended…
Story | 11 Oct, 2017
Respect sacred Natural Sites to guarantee Human Rights, says new African Commission Resolution
CEESP News - by Fiona Wilton, The Gaia Foundation
Deep in Ethiopia's Rift Valley, a group of African custodians met in 2015 to discuss how to protect the continent's sacred natural sites and territories. Their voices were taken to the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights, where…
Story | 14 Aug, 2017
Communities for Whale Shark Conservation - A success story from Gujarat, India
CEESP NEWS - By Indu Kumari & Sajan John, Wildlife Trust of India
Press release | 22 Jun, 2017
Gland, Switzerland – IUCN former President, globally recognised environmentalist Yolanda Kakabadse, will Chair the new IUCN independent scientific and technical advisory panel on the restoration of the Rio Doce watershed in Brazil, following the 2015 collapse of the Fundão tailings dam at the…
Story | 14 Jun, 2017
Teams of lawyers from around the world came together in Cebu last week to discuss an ambitious new initiative to improve implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). The lawyers, from universities in Australia, Brazil, China, New Zealand, South Africa, the Solomon Islands and…
Story | 08 Mar, 2017
Empowering women in water management - International Women's Day 2017
IUCN is committed to gender equality. To support International Women's Day, the Water Programme compiled some of their most recent efforts to empower women in decisions and actions for sustainable water management.
Story | 10 Feb, 2017
People in Nature: 2016 highlights and next phase
CEESP News - by Seline Meijer
People in Nature (PiN) is an IUCN knowledge basket being developed by CEESP and the Global Economics and Social Science Programme in the IUCN Secretariat. PiN provides a process of systematic data collection, analysis and documentation for landscape level…
Story | 09 Feb, 2017
CEESP News - by Christoph Weigl