Press release | 13 Dec, 2011
Saving Nemo: charisma is not enough
If conservation action is not taken, there may come a time when no one will be able to find Nemo. One in every six species related to characters in the movie Finding Nemo is threatened by extinction, according to a new study by IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) and Simon…
Story | 06 Dec, 2011
Guest-edited by Hannah Beardon, Kate Newman
Do you work with or in an international or northern office of an international non-governmental organisation (INGO)?…
Story | 06 Dec, 2011
By Michel Pimbert Oxford Real Farming Conference, 2011
Story | 06 Dec, 2011
Community Biocultural Protocols
The Potato Park communities in Peru are deeply committed to the conservation of biocultural resources, associated knowledge, and indigenous rights, and undertook this research to further investigate the role of customary norms and institutions in the protection of traditional knowledge (TK)…
Story | 06 Dec, 2011
CEESP Member James Gruber has published in the open-source journal Conservation and Society. Abstract: Community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) has been recognised as an effective governance approach for sustainably managing commons or common-pool resources. Yet there is limited…
Story | 06 Dec, 2011
Indigenous peoples' rights in the context of the World Heritage Convention – the role of IUCN
Stefan Disko (International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs), TILCEPA member Helen Tugendhat ( Forest Peoples Programme)
Story | 06 Dec, 2011
First action plan for world’s blue carbon policy
The first policy framework outlining activities needed to include coastal marine areas such as mangroves, tidal marshes and seagrasses into the work of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), has been presented in a report by IUCN (International Union for Conservation…
Story | 05 Dec, 2011
Forest Day: the face of forests at UN climate change negotiations
Forest Day has become something of a tradition at the annual UN climate change conference, the UNFCCC Conference of Parties (COP). Here at COP17 in Durban, Forest Day 5 was held on 4 December, bringing together over 1000 people who work on – and are passionate about – forestry issues, including…
Story | 28 Nov, 2011
Integrating economics into resource and environment management: some recent experiences from the Pacific
Story | 28 Nov, 2011
The acid truth about our oceans: experts urge action to limit ocean acidification
Ocean acidification can no longer remain on the periphery of the international debates on climate change and the environment and should be addressed by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and other global environmental conventions, urges IUCN and the International Ocean Acidification…