Story | 29 Jun, 2021
The Selva Maya Natural Resources Protection Project in Belize now has a guide to facilitate gender mainstreaming in all phases.
Story | 25 Jun, 2021
Selva Maya Project mainstreams gender, practically and effectively
After four years of work, the Selva Maya Natural Resources Protection Project incorporated gender perspective in a document with clear guidelines and concrete actions for management effectiveness.
Story | 23 Jun, 2021
Investment from a new "blended" finance facility will allow Turneffe Atoll Sustainability Association (TASA), to use the incoming funds to implement a number of sustainable, revenue-generating initiatives while enhancing the protection of 132,000 hectares of spectacular coral reef ecosystems.…
Story | 07 Jun, 2021
Ocean Acidification: The what, where, how, why and what next on this major ocean issue
In the last 200 years, the ocean has taken up around 30% of all CO2 emissions and this absorption has altered the production of calcium carbonate in oceanic waters, causing the phenomenon known as Ocean Acidification (OA). Our new web story provides a high-level look at all impacts of this…
Story | 27 May, 2021
The ocean and the UNFCCC Global Stocktake: What does this mean?
What the ocean means to the Global Stocktake (GST) has been analysed by multiple conservation organisations in this new report. The conclusion? The ocean, as a central part in the Earth's climate system, must also be central to the UNFCCC’s GST.
Story | 26 May, 2021
Selva Maya in Mexico improves protected area management effectiveness
Processes to promote the ecosystem’s conservation focussed particularly on strengthening effective management of the protected natural areas.
Story | 26 May, 2021
Selva Maya in Belize protects and improves its ecosystems
Belize intensified control and surveillance of protected areas and successfully worked on compliance with management plans adhering to the IUCN Green List criteria; also, the Forest Department was strengthened to address activities needed in the…
Story | 26 May, 2021
Guatemala makes headway in the protection of Selva Maya
Applying the Green List Standard to prepare and implement management plans helping improve and maintain protection of Selva Maya in Guatemala.
Story | 20 May, 2021
Three countries work in tandem to improve management effectiveness in Selva Maya protected areas
Through the Selva Maya Natural Resources Protection Project, protected areas are showing how activities in different arenas can improve management effectiveness for threatened ecosystems, with measurable results.
…Story | 12 May, 2021
What makes conservation effective? A community perspective
A video is now available of the public event held April 20, 2021, to celebrate the launch of the new CCRN book, co-published by IUCN-CEESP: Communities, Conservation and Livelihoods.