Story | 02 Jun, 2020
African Solutions: Gnanhouizounmè Sacred Forest villages ride out COVID-19 in Benin
Gnanhouizounmè Sacred Forest is a site that has been cared for by the local people for centuries. The people of Gnanhouizounmè are active managers of their own forest and implement an ongoing regeneration programme, with sapling nurseries in most of the local villages. To increase knowledge and…
Story | 02 Jun, 2020
The Punjab Urial roams freely in and beyond Padhri Game Reserve, and across the Salt Range hills of Western Jhelum, in the Punjab District, Pakistan. The Urial (Ovis orientalis punjabiensis) is rare outside well-protected landscapes, along with other rare mammals and bird species such as…
Story | 01 Jun, 2020
On behalf of organizers, IUCN would like to express our sincere thanks for all applicants of marine turtle conservation volunteer programme 2020 in Con Dao National Park and congratulate selected volunteers for winning many other applicants to…
Story | 31 May, 2020
Participatory Conservation Economies in Kerala, India: A Stepping Stone to Resilience
CEESP News: by Aditi Bhardwaj, Anil Kumar Bhardwaj and Sunil C.G.*
The participatory Integrated Conservation Development Programmes in major Protected Areas of Kerala, India, have led to the gradual empowerment of the local communities. With financial, social, human and institutional…
Story | 29 May, 2020
Tributes to José Rafael García Acosta
IUCN Protected Areas joins the Venezuelan members of the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas and the entire community of Venezuela's Protected Areas in mourning for the death of agronomist José Rafael García Acosta (1926-2020), founder of the Venezuelan National Park Service and its…
Story | 25 May, 2020
Mobilizing in support of small-scale fisheries impacted by COVID-19
CEESP News: by Nathan Bennett, Chair of the IUCN CEESP Specialist Group 'People and the Oceans'
The COVID-19 pandemic has rapidly spread around the world with extensive social and economic effects for the small-scale fisheries sector and coastal communities. Much of the news is dismal…
Story | 25 May, 2020
Conserving Nature in a time of crisis: Protected Areas and COVID-19
Many of the threats facing biodiversity and protected areas will be exacerbated during, and following, the Covid-19 outbreak. The health of humans, animals and ecosystems are interconnected. An expanding agricultural frontier and human incursions into natural areas for logging, mining and other…
Story | 22 May, 2020
Réunion National Park, a World Heritage Site hosting new discoveries
Established in 2007, the Réunion National Park was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2010 as "Pitons, cirques and remparts of Reunion Island". This was based on 2 criteria - exceptional landscape and biodiversity. This makes it France's first overseas national park to benefit from this…
Story | 21 May, 2020
CALL FOR PROPOSALS ASSESSING TIGER & PREY POPULATIONS IN WESTERN FOREST COMPLEX, THAILAND
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Within the framework of its project Accelerating Tiger Recovery Along the Thailand-Myanmar Border, and in cooperation with the Department of National Parks, Wildlife, and Plant Conservation (DNP),…
Story | 21 May, 2020
Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (OECMs): Exploring the Potential in Asia
Other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs) are becoming an increasingly important topic in the discussions leading up to the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. As a contribution to the dialogue, the Asia Protected Areas Partnership (APAP) chose OECMs as the topic for its very…