Story | 16 Jul, 2019
US Courts Face the Climate Crisis: The Role of Judges in Climate Litigation
By Denise Antolini - United States District Court Magistrate Judge Thomas Coffin (retired) shares his views on the critical role judges play in climate litigation in his new essay “American Courts in Climate Emergency”.
Story | 15 Jul, 2019
Consultation on draft guidance for ecological corridors and networks
The WCPA Connectivity Conservation Specialist Group invites input to produce consistent guidance by 2020 for arresting fragmentation and maintaining intact large-scale ecological networks
Story | 13 Jul, 2019
Why do Australia’s environmental laws fail to save our species from extinction?
By Afshin Akhtar-Khavari et al. - Transformative change is needed in Australia to deal with its extinction record, which is being further exacerbated by large resource extraction approvals and increased urbanization. Legal opportunities are procedurally and jurisdictionally complex and…
Story | 12 Jul, 2019
BRIDGE - Building River Dialogue and Governance: kick off programme 2019-2021
The IUCN BRIDGE programme works towards building river dialogue and governance in transboundary basins. Implemented by IUCN in close collaboration with regional partners, a fourth phase of the programme…
Story | 11 Jul, 2019
CEESP News - by Dr. Hishmi Jamil Husain, CEESP Commission Member, Head of Biodiversity at Tata Steel, which is Member of the IUCN "Leaders for Nature" India.
Dr. Hishmi Jamil Husain commemorated the International Day for Biological Diversity with an awareness session on biodiversity. …
Story | 11 Jul, 2019
Family Planning: critically important for women, girls, the environment & sustainability
CEESP News: by David Johnson, Chief Executive, Maragaret Pyke Trust - Population & Sustainability Network
On World Population Day, 2019, CEESP is proud to be one of the first organisations joining a first of its kind campaign: Thriving Together. The supporters of Thriving Together…
Story | 11 Jul, 2019
Business, government and civil society join forces for large-scale coastal cleanup in Thailand
2100 volunteers gathered in Bangpu, Samut Prakan, on Saturday July 6 and cleared more 2.8 tons of trash – equivalent to the weight of more than 280,000 plastic bottles – in just under three hours.
Story | 10 Jul, 2019
Empowering local communities to raise awareness about climate change through citizen journalism
IUCN and Thai Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) recently joined hands to organise a citizen journalism ‘Training of Trainers’ workshop for media representatives from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand, and Viet Nam.
Story | 09 Jul, 2019
Ministry of Climate Change and IUCN Pakistan in collaboration organized a two days National workshop on July 8 - 9, 2019 at Islamabad. The workshop objective is to draw out commonalities of the best practices for each category of forests. The workshop outcome is expected to develop a set…
Story | 09 Jul, 2019
WCEL Member Selected as Finalist for Prestigious Award in Environmental Law
Nicholas Bryner, WCEL Member and Chair of the WCEL Early Career Group, was recently selected as a finalist for publication in Land Use and Environmental Law Review, the definitive annual compilation of the most significant scholarly articles in environmental law.