Story | 26 Mar, 2020
Balkhila Model Forest: The first of its kind in the Indian Himalayan Region
Towards the objective of building community resilience to climate change in the Indian Himalayan Region, IUCN recognized the importance of reconciliation between stakeholders and the need to support local economies in their different approaches,…
Story | 23 Mar, 2020
Conservation through private initiative: A case study in the Western Ghats, India
CEESP News - by Venkat Ramakrishnan, CEESP member
This is the story of indigenous people living in or near one of the Western Ghats’ forests, and their right to continue living there with a sense of dignity and purpose.
Story | 10 Mar, 2020
Adopting rights-based approaches to enable cost-effective conservation and climate action
CEESP News: by Vicky Tauli-Corpuz (a), Janis Alcorn (b), Augusta Molnar (c),⇑, Christina Healy (d), Edmund Barrow (e) **
A new publication " Cornered by PAs: Adopting rights-based approaches to enable cost-effective conservation and climate action" in the academic…
Story | 04 Feb, 2020
The Marine Plastic Footprint report: calculating the millions of tonnes that end up in the oceans
In The Marine Plastic Footprint, Joao Sousa of IUCN introduces new measures to understand and calculate the frightening leakage of plastic into the marine environment - by following its movement through every stage from production to waste to final destination.
Three integrated case…
Story | 23 Dec, 2019
Mobile Pastoralism and the World Heritage Convention
CEESP News: by Nigel Dudley of Equilibrium Research, and by Liza Zogib of DiversEarth, who is also Co-Chair of the CEESP Specialist Group on Religion, Spirituality, Environmental Conservation and Climate Justice
Story | 05 Dec, 2019
Assurance for the IUCN Green List sustainability standard is required
IUCN is now seeking to secure our assurance provider for the Green List through the next quadrennial period, 2020 to 2024. The Assurance Provider would help maintain and deliver a credible and transparent evaluation process and governance framework for the IUCN Green List.
Story | 25 Nov, 2019
Tangled roots and changing tides: law at the service of mangrove conservation and sustainable use
A pioneering global study details the legal and institutional frameworks governing mangroves and proposes solutions to address gaps and weaknesses identified.
Story | 07 Nov, 2019
Islamabad, Pakistan, 6 November 2019 -The 7th International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Asia Regional Conservation Forum – one of Asia’s most important nature conservation events - kicked-off today with a strong focus on convening a…
Story | 04 Nov, 2019
Celebrating Latin American and Caribbean Commitments to Green List Success
Peru, Mexico and Colombia achieve Green List success, and are recognised with awards; new countries, including Costa Rica, Chile, and Jamaica, commit to use the Standard to improve the performance of their protected and conserved areas; and new partners, led by the Gordon and Betty Moore…
Story | 02 Nov, 2019
“We face many challenges, but we can protect our homeland if the Government and others support us. We invite the IUCN global network to help us gain recognition for our efforts.” (Hermes Liviac, manager of the Yanesha Communal Reserve)