News | 15 Jul, 2022
Sustainable use re-affirmed as key to conservation by new UN report
IUCN’s data and experts were critical to the UN’s Thematic Assessment of the Sustainable Use of Wild Species – a new report with profound implications for species conservation.
Story | 08 Jul, 2022
The Plastic Waste Free Islands (PWFI) Ubuntoo "Greenhouse" currently holds hundreds of product, knowledge resources, and a news feed about plastic leakage and pollution specific to Small Island Developing States (SIDS). It resides within the Ubuntoo environmental solutions platform, to build…
Story | 06 Jul, 2022
CEESP News: Alexandra Eisinger1
Addressing land tenure and property rights is instrumental to delivering successful restoration outcomes, yet existing modalities do not adequately support tenure-responsive programming to address conflict, avoid doing harm, and be a conduit for…
Large event
IUCN is participating in the 2022 High-Level Political Forum (HLFP) under the auspices of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
The HLPF is the central United Nations platform for the follow-up and review of the …
Story | 28 Jun, 2022
Statement on human rights abuses in conservation
IUCN CEESP rejects human rights violations in the name of marine and terrestrial conservation.
Story | 24 Jun, 2022
Call for a Conference of the Ocean Peoples (C-OP): Reclaiming our oceans, reimagining our future
CEESP News: Jones Spartegus1
The National Fishworkers Forum and the World Forum of Fisher Peoples and other civil society organisations are calling for the Conference of the Ocean Peoples. We are organising this event simultaneous to the United Nations Ocean Conference 2022 to dissent…
Story | 23 Jun, 2022
CEESP News: Judith Baetaa & Cristina Chaminadeb
This contribution presents some key initiatives supporting blue transitions in the Pacific of Costa Rica and discusses the challenges that the adoption of these initiatives bring to NGOs supporting communities of Small-Scale Artisanal…
Story | 23 Jun, 2022
Moving culture across ocean policy
CEESP News: Elise Huffera
Culture is a fundamental feature of oceanic living in the Pacific Islands. This is repeated in official documents and speeches and is understood intrinsically by communities across the vast liquid continent. When it comes to policy though, the deep connections…
Story | 23 Jun, 2022
The other ocean conference: an invitation to listen and join the plight of the Ocean Peoples
CEESP News: Paula Satizábal1 & Philippe Le Billon2 Ocean peoples are resisting the criminalization, dispossession and exclusion of small-scale fisheries. Join and listen to the plight of Ocean Peoples at the Conference of the Ocean People, on the 26th, 28th, 30th June, at 4:00pm CET, as a…
Story | 23 Jun, 2022
Placing people at the center of ocean conservation and governance
CEESP News: Nathan Bennett, Freelance Consultant, Small Ocean Solutions, Founder and Lead, The Peopled Seas Initiative, Chair, IUCN CEESP People and the Ocean Specialist Group