Story | 12 Feb, 2021
The latest Blue Natural Capital Financing Facility project has the fastest-growing aquaculture sector at its core, enhanced by newly developed platforms. This new method of seaweed farming can increase harvest yields up to 50-fold for farmers and communities, while at the same time bringing…
Story | 12 Feb, 2021
Asia Protected Areas Partnership (APAP) welcomes India as new Co-Chair
Following last year’s open call for expressions of interest to all APAP country members, IUCN is delighted to announce that the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), Government of India, has become the new APAP Co-chair, for a…
Story | 11 Feb, 2021
Plastics: mitigating their environmental, health and human rights impacts
CEESP News: By Patricia Parkinson, Director, Environmental Law Oceania *
A new global governance regime for plastics is needed to mitigate their environmental, health and human rights impacts, especially in the Pacific 'Large Ocean Small Islands Developing States' - A tale of flooding…
Story | 04 Feb, 2021
MedBycatch 2 - Working together to reduce bycatch in the Mediterranean
Based on the experience gained in Morocco, Tunisia and Turkey during the Medbycatch phase 1 (2017-2020), MedBycatch 2 will expand the geographical scope of the project to include Croatia and Italy France and Spain will also be included in policy and advocacy activities.
Story | 03 Feb, 2021
In 2020 and within the framework of the Plastic Waste Free Islands project, Searious Business consultants collaborated with the IUCN and Asia Pacific Waste Consultants (APWC) to determine the plastic waste pathways across the life cycle of different plastic types within the tourism, fisheries…
Story | 03 Feb, 2021
Nature's Future, Our Future - The World Speaks
The IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas has compiled the voices of a range of global organisations and world leaders on the importance of protecting and conserving nature amidst the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. As the result of a global pandemic, we are witnessing an unprecedented…
Story | 01 Feb, 2021
IUCN Green List tour in the lands of the pyramids
Near the World Heritage and Green Listed site Wadi Al-Hitan, in Fayoum, one of the oldest cities in Egypt, an IUCN Green List orientation workshop was organised by the IUCN Regional Office for West Asia, in collaboration with the Nature Conservation Sector of the Ministry of Environment, on 26-…
Story | 01 Feb, 2021
Some marine alien invasive species in the Mediterranean Sea
Alien organisms are animals and plants that occur outside their natural range as they have been introduced to a new environment.
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Story | 23 Jan, 2021
As part of IUCN’s Plastic Waste Free Islands project which promotes circular economy actions that demonstrate effective, quantifiable solutions to addressing plastic leakage from Small Island Developing States (SIDS), Searious Business is launching three zero plastic waste toolkits designed for…
Story | 22 Jan, 2021
The Plastic Waste Free Islands project 2020 update: key progress made over the last year
Our 2020 update overview gives highlights of advancements made whilst dealing with the reality of having to adapt to unexpected events and uncertainties during a difficult year. The overview shows the Plastic Waste Free Islands project team and implementing partners'…