Story | 05 Jan, 2021
Coral restoration training on Fiji’s Coral Coast
CEESP News: by Victor Bonito, Director, Reef Explorer Fiji
With corals and coral reefs facing increasing threats, coral restoration has become a growing tool for conservation and marine management practitioners.
Story | 23 Dec, 2020
Reducing waste volume through Extended Producer Responsibility: getting started in Viet Nam
On November 17, 2020, the National Assembly passed the new Environmental Protection Law, which stipulates Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for businesses in Viet Nam. This means that businesses and producers now bear the responsibility for the…
Story | 22 Dec, 2020
Supportive policies are key to forest landscape restoration
Experience has shown that for forest landscape restoration (FLR) to be successful, it needs to be supported by policies that incentivize, facilitate and mobilize the implementation of FLR. This IUCN brief describes a range of FLR-supportive policies, complemented by…
Story | 16 Dec, 2020
European Green Deal is well-aligned to fast-track action on Nature-based Solutions, says IUCN
Gland, Switzerland - The European Green Deal is aligned to mobilise action on nature-based solutions (NbS) and, at the same time, help deliver the European Recovery Package, according to IUCN, which co-hosted a virtual event this week the German…
Story | 15 Dec, 2020
IUCN developed the Natural Resource Governance Framework to improve coherence and consistency in natural resource governance. Good governance of environmental resources is required to achieve human rights goals. The framework includes 10 principles and criteria…
Story | 14 Dec, 2020
5th International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC5) is on, new dates announced.
The new dates for IMPAC5, Vancouver, Canada, have been announced: 3-9 February, 2023. Co-hosts IUCN and the Canadian Government, together with the international committee for IMPAC5, invite you to prepare.
Story | 09 Dec, 2020
Learning to develop ecotourism packages that benefit conservation and local development
9 Mediterranean protected areas are developing ecotourism in their destinations, putting into action what they learnt in DestiMED PLUS project online training. The project pilot sites are adopting the MEET approach to develop, manage and promote ecotourism, which prioritize high standards of…
Story | 08 Dec, 2020
Addressing the Violence of Inequality in Conservation
Around the world, gender-based violence affects sustainable and equitable natural resource access and control - and solutions are urgently needed. Four projects will work to address these issues in wildlife and forestry conservation.
Story | 07 Dec, 2020
Mapping global impacts for all vegetable oils key to sustainability: IUCN study
Gland, 07.12.2020 (IUCN) - A lack of data on the environmental and social impacts of vegetable oil crops stands in the way of informed discussions about their relative sustainability, a new study by members of the IUCN’s Palm Oil Task Force finds. More accurate, high-resolution…
Story | 03 Dec, 2020
Ecosystem-based Adaptation and Green Recovery: Building back better from COVID-19
Originally planned to be the “Super Year for Biodiversity”, 2020 has instead brought new global attention to the role biodiversity plays in securing human health, well-being and resilience – including how climate change, habitat degradation and land use changes both contribute to disease…