Story | 23 Oct, 2019
“The forest fires currently raging in the Amazon are sparked by climate change,”
stated the renowned Amazonian climate scientist Dr. Luis Campos Baca, of the Universidad Nacional de la Amazonia Peruana, in his opening address to The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and Andes-Amazon…
Story | 23 Oct, 2019
The world of protected areas in one book, now in Spanish
The entirety of protected area management and governance has been available in one book since the IUCN World Parks Congress 2014, in Sydney. The Spanish version of this publication, 'Protected Area Governance and Management’, was launched in Lima, on 15 October 2019, at the third Latin American…
Story | 18 Oct, 2019
Exchange of experiences: Nature-based Solutions
An exchange of experiences on the implementation of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) in several countries, took place during the III Latin America and the Caribbean Protected Areas Congress (III CAPLAC)
Story | 16 Oct, 2019
The Regional Center for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN ESARO have signed an implementation agreement for the development of a Regional Resource Hub (RRH) under the Biodiversity and Protected Area Management (BIOPAMA)…
Story | 15 Oct, 2019
IUCN guidelines for Privately Protected Areas released in Spanish
The Guidelines for Privately Protected Areas, Spanish version, has been released at the Lima, Peru CAPLAC III congress, with acknowledgement to the contributors from many nations and cultures. These privately protected areas are seen as an important piece in…
Press release | 15 Oct, 2019
Charting a course to sustainability and equity in the blue economy
CEESP News: By Dr. Nathan Bennett, Chair of the 'People and the Ocean' CEESP Specialist Group.
The global rush to develop the ‘blue economy’ risks harming both the marine environment and human wellbeing. Bold policies and actions are urgently needed. This paper outlines five priorities…
Story | 15 Oct, 2019
Raising the voices of local communities through Citizen Journalism
From 9 -12 September, journalists from Viet Nam Television and Vietnam News collaborated with IUCN to conduct a training on citizen journalism for local community members from three wetlands sites. The training took place in U…
Story | 15 Oct, 2019
Highlighting climate change impacts on Cambodian wetlands through citizen journalism
Thirty community members and wetland managers from three Mekong WET focal sites in Cambodia recently attended a citizen journalism training workshop in Koh Kong City. Conducted by IUCN, in collaboration with Apsara TV, a national media outlet,…
Story | 09 Oct, 2019
A Governance Toolkit for artisanal fisheries in the Mediterranean
The Governance Toolkit for managing Small-Scale Fisheries (SSF) in Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas (MPA) is a practical collection of 13 sustainable fishery management-related solutions. The Toolkit is ready to be used in any Mediterranean MPA, and will be crucial for setting up policy…
Story | 09 Oct, 2019
Achieving Aichi Target 11 in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Regional partnership for Eastern Europe and Central Asia was launched on 9 October 2019 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, to facilitate reporting on the achievement of Target 11. As a first step, representatives of the Russian Federation and five Central Asian countries agreed to update the World Database…