Story | 26 Nov, 2020
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Story | 26 Nov, 2020
Regional biodiversity knowledge hub launched in Eastern and Southern Africa
IUCN, RCMRD - the Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development, and partners have officially launched the Regional Resource Hub and one of its flagship knowledge products, the most comprehensive analysis on the state of protected areas in Eastern and Southern Africa
Story | 26 Nov, 2020
Dialogue: Community involvement in preventing and combating wildlife, forest and fisheries crime
CEESP Virtual Dialogue: by Dr. Inés Arroyo Quiroz, UNAM, Mexico; Dr. Meredith Gore, University of Maryland, USA; Dr. David Rodriguez Goyes, University of Oslo, Norway
As a quarter of the world’s land is owned or managed by Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities, they must be…
Story | 25 Nov, 2020
What are the emerging issues in Environmental Law?
High-level speakers from around the world address emerging issues in environmental law.
Story | 24 Nov, 2020
Launch of the IUCN WCPA Best Practice Guidelines on Geoconservation in Protected and Conserved Areas
These Best Practice Guidelines, No.31 in the IUCN WCPA series, are the first to address a fundamental part of nature - geodiversity and geoheritage and its protection and conservation.
Story | 05 Nov, 2020
Call for papers: Planning effective conservation landscapes
The scientific journal Land is still inviting submissions to the special issue "Planning Effective Conservation Landscapes for Nature and People: What Have We Learned?". The extended deadline for manuscript submissions is 15 January 2022.
Story | 04 Nov, 2020
Nature+ Accelerator Fund ready for investors
IUCN and partners launch novel fund to drive investment to nature-based solutions
Story | 03 Nov, 2020
IUCN is pleased to announce that it joins the Ocean Risk and Resilience Alliance (ORRAA) as a full member. ORRAA brings together the insurance and finance sectors, governments, non-profit organisations, and stakeholders from the Global South to pioneer finance and…
Story | 30 Oct, 2020
Moving forward on lobster fishery means addressing access and conservation
CEESP News: by Tony Charles*. Originally published on Policy Options, October 28, 2020
The situation unfolding in the Nova Scotia lobster fishery raises larger questions around who holds decision-making power over this natural resource.
Story | 30 Oct, 2020
Explore protected areas through sounds with 'Sounds of Your Park'
The WCPA, the George Wright Society, the US National Park Service, Parks Canada and the Colorado State University's Sound and Light Ecology Team invite you to experience nature from your home, and then share your quality recordings. The goal is to build a global collection of natural and…