Story | 30 Oct, 2020
Moving forward on lobster fishery means addressing access and conservation
CEESP News: by Tony Charles*. Originally published on Policy Options, October 28, 2020
The situation unfolding in the Nova Scotia lobster fishery raises larger questions around who holds decision-making power over this natural resource.
Story | 27 Oct, 2020
On 31 July 2020, the Indo-Burma Ramsar Regional Initiative (IBRRI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ramsar Regional Center - East Asia (RRC-EA). The signing of an MoU between IBRRI and the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) followed on 25 September 2020.
Story | 23 Oct, 2020
IUCN-Coca Cola “Monkey Cheeks” project received the silver award for Best Environmental Excellence
In Sept 2020, the 12th Global CSR Awards and The Good Governance Awards released the results of the winners online due to the Covid 19 pandemic. With 300 entries from 120 companies all over the world, a final selection of 48 companies were recognized with awards.
Story | 22 Oct, 2020
An intense day for biodiversity: IUCN busy with the EU Green Week, and MEPs discussing on the CAP
Tuesday 21 October was a remarkably busy day for the IUCN European Regional Office, in the context of the EU Green Week 2020. EU Biodiversity Targets for Protected Areas and Nature Restoration at the top of the Agenda
Story | 15 Oct, 2020
As climate change impacts intensify across the globe, the prevalence of nature-based solutions for climate adaptation, also known as Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA), has also been increasing, with various actors including governments, private sector, non-governmental organisations and community…
Story | 15 Oct, 2020
South Africa approves climate change, emissions reduction and waste management plans
IUCN is supporting National governments and stakeholders in the Eastern and Southern Africa region to integrate a circular economy approach in addressing and reducing plastic pollution.
Story | 05 Oct, 2020
Request for proposals - Audit services for the ADAPT project
Proposal for the annual audit services, including Agreed-Upon Procedures engagement ISRS 4400, of the project “ADAPT: Nature-based Solutions for Resilient Societies in the Western Balkans”
Story | 01 Oct, 2020
Nature-based Solutions – an answer to the climate change challenges in the Western Balkans
The Western Balkan societies are among the most vulnerable with respect to climate change impacts affecting numerous sectors and domains, as recent findings indicate. Natural and human-made disasters, such as floods, droughts, landslides and environmental degradation, have increased risks, with…
Story | 22 Sep, 2020
IUCN Species Survival Commission Freshwater Fish Specialist Group and Freshwater Conservation Committee jointly with Global Organizations Urge Government to Prohibit Construction of Small Hydropower Projects Endangering Critically Important Rivers and Rare and Endemic Wildlife
Story | 04 Sep, 2020
Three landscape conservation projects converge in the Kilombero Valley
Kilombero Valley in Tanzania is an area of high biodiversity – including a Ramsar listed wetland – that is under ever-increasing human pressure. It is also part of the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT), a public-private partnership initiated through…