Story | 09 Dec, 2021
Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool (METT): New edition of the METT Handbook launched
Last year, one of the most well attended of IUCN’s Vital Sites webinars was on the revision and launch of a new version of the Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool (METT). First published in 2002, the METT was one of the first tools developed to reflect the IUCN WCPA Framework for protected…
Story | 09 Dec, 2021
Call for Solutions on Tourism Best Practices
‘Sustainable Tourism and Protected Areas in a Post-COVID World’ is a project led by IUCN on behalf of GIZ and the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). It is implemented by the IUCN Global Protected and Conserved Areas Programme in collaboration with Planeterra …
Story | 09 Dec, 2021
A new Programme Structure for IUCN: Introducing the Centre for Conservation Action
Following the announcements made at the World Conservation Congress, IUCN has restructured the management of the thematic programmes under the leadership of Deputy Director General Stewart Maginnis. A new functional structure will consist of four centres, namely the Centre for Conservation…
Story | 09 Dec, 2021
New guideline - Visitors Count! Guidance for protected areas on the economic analysis of visitation
Ecosystem services provided by protected areas include important recreation values: 93 % of all natural World Heritage sites have been found to provide benefits related to recreation and tourism and 56 % to contribute to local economies through tourism. The new guidelines, 'Visitors Count!…
Story | 09 Dec, 2021
The Blue Carbon Policy Project is operational
Striving to make international policies coherent and aligned, to accelerate coastal ecosystem conservation.
Story | 08 Dec, 2021
Environmental Services Investments & Offset Bonds
CEESP news: by Simon M. Lamb
UK based CEESP member Simon Lamb's proposal for the world's first bond market in environmental services seems to have found favour with the UK Conservative party. Recently, the policy was selected by a Dragons Den of MPs, Lords and the Prime Minister's chief…
Story | 08 Dec, 2021
Using ecosystem risk assessment science for ecosystem restoration
A new guide demonstrates how to apply the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems to ecosystem restoration, throughout planning, implementation, and monitoring.
Story | 08 Dec, 2021
CEESP News: by Melanie Zurba and Anastasia Papadopoulos *
In this article, we present systematic review of the peer-reviewed literature on Indigenous participation in Global Environmental Governance (GEG) forums, and focus on the specific questions: (1) what GEG forums include Indigenous…
Story | 08 Dec, 2021
Launching the Natural Resource Governance Framework & Building a Community of Practice
CEESP news: Emmanuel Nuesiri, Chair NRGF; Jess Campese, Deputy Chair NRGF; and Jenny Springer, Director, IUCN Global Program on Governance and Rights
Press release | 06 Dec, 2021
All coral reefs in the Western Indian Ocean at high risk of collapse within 50 years
Gland, Switzerland, 6 December 2021 (IUCN) - A new assessment of the coral reefs of the Western Indian Ocean shows that they are all at high risk of collapse within the next five decades. Ocean warming and overfishing were identified as the main threats.