Story | 25 Sep, 2019
27,000+ students and now six massive open online courses (MOOCs) at IUCN-PAPACO
The New Technologies course will be available for the first time from October, joining the existing courses of Protected Area management, Ecological monitoring, Law enforcement, Species conservation, and Valorisation of natural resources and sustainable tourism.
Story | 25 Sep, 2019
Pioneering regional project to create locally managed marine areas (LMMAs) launched in Seychelles
The national component of an exciting new regional project coordinated by IUCN called "Enhancing coastal and marine socio-ecological resilience and biodiversity conservation in the Western Indian Ocean,” has just been launched in Seychelles.
Story | 25 Sep, 2019
IUCN response to the IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate
The scientific evidence that the world’s ocean is changing dramatically due to climate change has been underpinned with a report released today by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (SROCC) provides a deep…
Story | 24 Sep, 2019
Championing conservation outcomes, the Green List expands in West Asia
With a new site committing to the Green List during the event, an inception meeting for a new project in the region, and a half-day workshop on the Green List with the Kuwait Environment Protection Agency, the Green List was a much talked about subject during the…
Story | 19 Sep, 2019
India is one of 17 mega-biodiverse countries in the world, and has many conservation success stories to record and share. The WII-organised one day workshop, designed to teach PANORAMA, resulted in 8 valuable 'solution' case studies, mainly targeting protected areas from the Ganga river to the…
Story | 12 Sep, 2019
Where culture, spirituality and conservation meet
CEESP News: by the SCB Religion and Conservation Biology Working Group & the IUCN CEESP Theme on Culture, Spirituality and Conservation
This short film is about some of the places where culture, spirituality and conservation meet, and why working together could make all the…
Story | 12 Sep, 2019
Nature-based Solutions emphasised at Asia-Pacific Climate Week
On 5 September 2019, IUCN Asia led a thematic dialogue on Nature-based Solutions (NbS) for ocean ecosystems and water resources during the Asia-Pacific Climate Week.
Story | 11 Sep, 2019
Reflections on gender, fisheries and managing the environment: Solomon Islands case study
CEESP News: by Duta Bero Kauhiona and CEESP member Whitney Yadao-Evans
Publishing a research article under The Pacific Community (SPC), the authors investigate the boundaries of gender, women's empowerment, and natural resource management in the fisheries sector of Solomon Islands
Story | 10 Sep, 2019
New IUCN Report paves the way for a standardised methodology to measure plastic leakage
On 27 August 2019 at the World Water Week in Sweden, IUCN launched a report that identified numerous gaps and opportunities for developing a standard methodology to measure the extent of the plastic pollution crisis. The urgently needed methodology will provide…
Story | 09 Sep, 2019
Diana Pound wins Commission on Education and Communication Excellence Award in Europe
For the Region West Europe the members of the Jury of the brand new award faced a tough decision. Why? Because excellent work is done in very different fields, making it almost impossible to compare. So the jury decided to award three winners, this way showcasing…