Story | 08 Sep, 2017
ELI: 2017 Environmental Achievement Award
The Environmental Law Institute will present the 2017 Environmental Law Achievement Award to Achim Steiner “for his visionary leadership on global sustainability and rule of law in the environmental setting” on 18 October 2017 in Washington, D.C.
Story | 08 Sep, 2017
Keobel Sakuma from Palau presented with the Kenton Miller Award
8 September, 2017
4th International Marine Protected Area Congress, Chile
Blog | 07 Sep, 2017
Exploring ‘Other Effective’ Forms of Coastal and Marine Conservation
By Harry Jonas and Dan Laffoley
Story | 07 Sep, 2017
Global shift in Marine Protected Area analysis and reporting
The UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) and IUCN have launched the Marine Protected Planet Interactive - the world’s most authoritative and ambitious platform for information about ocean protection. As of September 2017, Marine Protected Areas cover 6.35% of the ocean…
Story | 07 Sep, 2017
Conference on the Global Pact for the Environment to convene in New York City
A one-day conference will be held on 20 September at Columbia University (New York) to continue discussions toward a “Global Pact for the Environment”. The event is free and open to the public, bringing prominent leaders together on the sidelines of the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly to…
Story | 04 Sep, 2017
World gears up to boost ocean protection as global congress opens in Chile
Protecting the ocean from growing threats so that it can continue to feed communities around the world is the focus of the Fourth International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC4), hosted by Chile’s Ministry of the Environment and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN),…
Story | 31 Aug, 2017
The Dignity Rights Project: A Virtual Workshop
Widener University Delaware Law School will host the 2nd Virtual Workshop on Dignity Rights in November 2017
Story | 31 Aug, 2017
Canada’s newest and largest Marine Protected Area: Tallurutiup Imanga – Lancaster Sound
Since the late 1960s, the Inuit living in the Baffin region of the Canadian Arctic have sought protection for their traditional territory – an area which has provided their people with food, clothing and shelter for millennia. On 14 August 2017, the Government of Canada (Parks Canada), the…
Story | 29 Aug, 2017
Court of Justice of EU: Poland Ordered to Suspend Logging in Białowieża Forest
An interim decision by the Court of Justice of the EU ordered logging to stop immediately in the ancient Białowieża forest, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Ministry of the Environment of Poland maintains that it is necessary to deter beetle infestation and forest fires.
Story | 29 Aug, 2017
2017 UN High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development: Outcomes
The 2017 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) took place at UN Headquarters in New York from 10-19 July, under the overarching theme of "Eradicating Poverty and Promoting Prosperity in a Changing World”.