Story | 29 Oct, 2019
New technologies in protected areas
Protected areas must use the digital revolution to their advantage. Adaptable new technologies are booming, connectivity is more and more available. The new MOOC TECH will introduce these technologies as applied to existing techniques in conservation as well as new uses in the field.
Story | 29 Oct, 2019
Sierra Leone’s “Green Diamond”, the natural jewel unearthed by a public-private partnership
Gola Rainforest National Park, "The Gola", is showing the country and the region how a private conservation group can join forces with a government department to improve protected area programs, by using a public-private partnership (PPP). But this PPP is now being…
Story | 28 Oct, 2019
Like many Indigenous groups around the world, a team of Arakwal (Byron Bay, Australia) Traditional Owners, park managers and scientists have adapted IUCN species conservation planning and Green List evaluation frameworks to develop guidelines to help carry significant values in cross-cultural…
Story | 25 Oct, 2019
IUCN launched a book on governance for ecosystem-based Adaptation
Based on experience gained in Mesoamerica, this book reflects on the multiple aspects of Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) governance and seeks to offer recommendations to stimulate the necessary changes in policies, laws and institutions that…
Story | 25 Oct, 2019
A landscape for everyone: interview with an author
Landscapes are complex and sometimes difficult to envision. They might include small farmers, miners, large businesses, community forests, indigenous lands, and a host of other land users with different rights and expectations. Ensuring that diverse people’s rights are included in decision-…
Story | 24 Oct, 2019
Dr Robert Wallace, innovator in biodiversity and conservation, wins the 2019 Kenton Miller Award
The Kenton Miller Award 2019 is given to a person of outstanding contributions to the understanding and promotion of Latin America’s biodiversity and conservation.
Story | 23 Oct, 2019
Recognition and reward for five outstanding conservationists, at Lima CAPLAC III congress
In this article we highlight these five champions of protected areas, presented by IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas at a ceremony in Peru during the third Latin American and Caribbean Protected Areas Congress.
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)