Story | 20 Apr, 2020
Renova Foundation’s response to the Rio Doce Panel’s recommendations are now available online
Recommendations are the principal product of the independent Rio Doce Panel, therefore, making Renova’s response public will foster greater transparency and accountability to the ongoing…
Story | 07 Apr, 2020
A fresh look for the Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group (SULi) website
CEESP News: by Dilys Roe, Chair of the IUCN Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group (SULi)
The IUCN Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group (SULi) received a small grant from IUCN SSC for communications work and revamped the SULi website. SULi will have a regular…
Story | 07 Apr, 2020
Sustaining Earth: Bring Law, Society and Sustainable Development Together
CEESP News: by Ravi Saxena, Assistant Professor (Politics and International Relations), Kirit P. Mehta School of Law, NMIMS (Deemed to be University), Mumbai, India
The world is facing an unprecedented crisis of sustaining life and the earth. There is the need to have a balance between…
Story | 07 Apr, 2020
Private Sector Engagement and Conservation in West Bengal: monitoring Compensatory Afforestation
CEESP News: by Sudeep Budhaditya Deb, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, West Bengal Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority, Government of West Bengal, India
Regulations, incentives or collaborations are three major modes for involving the private sector in the…
Story | 07 Apr, 2020
IUCN Asia congratulates David Lyman, Marquis Lifetime Achievement awardee
IUCN Asia is proud to share that our conservation partner, David Lyman, is a recipient of the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award. David Lyman is a distinguished lawyer in Thailand.
Story | 07 Apr, 2020
Developing a Ramsar Site Management Plan for Nepal’s largest lake
IUCN, in collaboration with the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation (DNPWC) Nepal, is working with stakeholders at Rara Lake Ramsar Site to develop a management plan for the lake’s conservation and…
Story | 03 Apr, 2020
Using policy levers to transform business practices
Exploring how civil society organisations (CSOs) can use a range of policy tools to influence business practices for social, environmental and economic benefits was the theme of a recent PANORAMA webinar, hosted by IUCN’s BioBiz Exchange.
Story | 02 Apr, 2020
Exploring private investments in conservation, conceptually and in concrete settings
CEESP News: by Masego Madzwamuse (Chair) and Caroline Seagle (Deputy Chair), CEESP Theme on Business, Best Practice and Accountability (TBBPA)
Story | 02 Apr, 2020
Spring Revival: Rejuvenating the Veins of Himalayas
IUCN has taken an initiative to promote the significance of springs in the Indian Himalayan Region and undertook pilot to recharge and revive springs with the technical support of CHIRAG under the National Mission of Himalayan Studies (NMHS)…
Story | 02 Apr, 2020
IUCN Member Rewilding Europe calls for large-scale nature recovery across Europe
Europe’s nature is in an increasingly poor state and is under continuing pressures. IUCN Member Rewilding Europe calls for nature recovery across Europe’s degraded landscapes to improve connectivity between existing ecosystems and increase the amount of land in good…