Story | 05 Jun, 2018
Closing the 'plastic loop' on marine waste across Asia
In a special World Environment Day op-ed, Aban Marker Kabraji, Regional Director for IUCN Asia and Director of IUCN's Regional Hub for Asia-Oceania, writes about grassroots initiatives and efforts to engage the private sector that IUCN and Mangroves for the Future are already undertaking.
Story | 22 May, 2018
IPBES-6 - Moving indigenous and local knowledge forward
CEESP News - by Aroha Te Pareake Mead, CEESP Chair, 2008-2016
The work of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has direct relevance to CEESP at many different levels and offers some direct ways for CEESP members to engage.
Story | 19 Apr, 2018
Space for Nature Symposium: what's next?
By Natasha Ali and Trevor Sandwith
On 22 – 23 February 2018, participants at the 'Safeguarding space for nature and securing our future: developing a post-2020 strategy' Symposium discussed the future of spatial planning and policy. The symposium was hosted by the Zoological Society of…
Story | 28 Mar, 2018
Important Marine Mammal Areas : 46 new candidates
"We have put up our biggest numbers so far,” said Task Force co-chair Erich Hoyt. “A total of 46 candidate IMMAs.”
Story | 14 Feb, 2018
Azerbaijan to create the first Marine Protected Area in the Caspian Sea
Azerbaijan is upgrading and expanding the Gizilaghaj State Reserve to become a National Park and will include the first Marine Protected Area (MPA) in the Caspian Sea, the largest inland body of water on the planet. The new MPA will seek to protect six significant marine species on the brink of…
Story | 10 Feb, 2018
Freshwater habitat encounters alarming acidification and phosphorus pollution
Story | 13 Dec, 2017
Large-Scale Marine Protected Areas: Guidelines for Design and Management
The IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas and Big Ocean are proud to announce the latest addition in the IUCN WCPA Best Practice Protected Areas Guidelines Series: Large-Scale Marine Protected Areas: Guidelines for Design and Management.
Story | 29 Nov, 2017
Mexico's largest Marine Protected Area: Revillagigedo, the Mexican Galápagos
On 24 November 2017, Mexico’s president, Enrique Peña Nieto, signed a decree creating Mexico's largest marine reserve to date, covering 150,000 square kilometres around the Revillagigedo Archipelago, a volcanic archipelago 240 miles southwest of the Baja Peninsula.
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 | 29 Sep, 2017
IMPAC4: bringing people and the ocean together
The Fourth International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC4) in Chile brought together more than 1,000 participants from 80 countries around the world. The congress theme was “Marine Protected Areas: Bringing people and the ocean together,” focusing on the need to highlight the intricate…