Story | 22 Sep, 2020
Guide to identifying ecosystem services in protected areas
CEESP News: by Kasandra-Zorica Ivanić, Sue Stolton, Carolina Figueroa Arango and Nigel Dudley
What do protected areas give back to local and more distant communities, if anything?
A new tool from the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas helps us find out. The Protected Areas…
Story | 03 Jun, 2020
COVID-19 and a new form of conservation
CEESP News - Blog post by Robert Fletcher, Bram Büscher & Kate Massarella, Wageningen University, the Netherlands
Story | 29 May, 2020
International wildlife trade: research and COVID-19
CEESP News: by Dr. Inés Arroyo-Quiroz, Chair of the CEESP Specialist Group on Green Criminology & Researcher at CRIM - UNAM, Mexico
Wildlife trade involves far more than animals harvested in tropical regions and sold in China. Most regions of the world play a role. Here Dr. Inés…
Story | 14 May, 2020
6 Opportunities For Mediterranean Policy in the Post-COVID19 Era
Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic interrupted the usual flow of our lives, this crisis has been proving to the global society that we are capable of doing things differently. In these times of uncertainty, IUCN stands in solidarity with all those directly affected by the virus around the world.…
Story | 12 Mar, 2020
Report: Blue Infrastructure Finance, where all win
All coastal and marine ecosystems are critical to human well-being and global biodiversity. Mangroves, coral reefs, and seagrass beds are examples of these. But urban and rural infrastructure investments are having a heavy negative impact on these systems, and it is…
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 | 28 Jun, 2019
Options for Governance and Decision-making across Scales and Sectors
CEESP News - by Dr. Marina Rosales Benites de Franco, Professor and Researcher of Federico Villarreal National University
Story | 26 Apr, 2019
Waste water treatment: new opportunities in Ha Long Bay
Since the Ha Long-Cat Ba Alliance was formed in 2014, IUCN has persistently advocated for the government to take measures to reduce the discharge of untreated water by the 500 or so cruise boats that operate in the Ha Long Bay WHS. Only about 20…
Story | 05 Jan, 2019
IUCN Advisory Mission to Ha Long Bay World Heritage Site
In July 2018, at the request of Quang Ninh Province, IUCN hired two consultants, Janet Mackay, Director of Tourism Recreation Conservation Consultants (TRC) and Wim Vrins, a solid waste management specialist, to advise on tourism and waste management in Ha Long Bay…
Story | 30 Nov, 2018
On 5th November 2018, Marriott Resort & Spa, the Tourism Authority of Thailand announced Merlin Beach as the winner of the Marine, Nature, and Heritage category of the Responsible Thailand Awards 2018. The award was presented by His Excellency Mr. Weerasak…