Story | 06 Dec, 2021
Endangered Caspian Seal Habitat Awarded Important Marine Mammal Area Status
Today, the IUCN Task Force on Marine Mammal Protected Areas, a joint task force of the IUCN Species Survival Commission and the World Commission on Protected Areas, announces that Caspian seals have been awarded three Important Marine Mammal Areas, or IMMAs, as part of a tranche of 14 new IMMAs…
Story | 02 Dec, 2021
Combining GIS, the positive outcomes achieved in Africa and Asia, and the stories of success behind them, IUCN Marine Plastics and Coastal Communities (MARPLASTICCs) presents its work tackling plastic pollution in the ocean.
Story | 01 Dec, 2021
More than fifty judges and legal scholars will gather in person and online to present at the High-Level Judicial segment of the IUCN-WCEL 2nd World Environmental Law Congress, The Role of Judges: Environmental Law 2030 and Beyond. The hybrid event will be held at the Supreme…
Story | 17 Nov, 2021
The following tribute to the life of Veit Koester was prepared by WCEL Chair Emeritus, Professor Nicholas A. Robinson on 15 November 2021.
Story | 14 Nov, 2021
Former Chair of WCEL Ethics Specialist Group awarded 2021 Carlowitz Sustainability Prize
WCEL would like to congratulate Dr. Klaus Bosselmann, former Chair of the WCEL Specialist Group on Ethics, for receiving the 2021 Carlowitz Sustainability Prize (international category).
Story | 29 Oct, 2021
The Right to a Healthy Environment
By Yann Aguila - On October 8, 2021, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a resolution recognizing the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment as an important human right. While this right is already recognized in more than 150 national jurisdictions, its…
Story | 25 Oct, 2021
The World Commission on Environmental Law at the IUCN World Conservation Congress
The WCEL at the IUCN World Conservation Congress Marseille, 3-11 September 2021...
Story | 19 Oct, 2021
Marine Heatwaves: a serious threat to marine biodiversity and livelihoods
Back in 2011, extremely warm water temperatures persisting over thousands of kilometres along the coastline of Western Australia caused coral bleaching, mass die-out of marine life and wiped out kelp forests. Since then, this phenomenon of abnormally high-water temperatures has been recorded in…
Story | 12 Oct, 2021
Global Fund for Coral Reef partners with IUCN for climate-resilient coral reef conservation
The Global Fund for Coral Reefs (GFCR) and International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) have joined forces, combining their mutually beneficial strengths to scale up reef conservation.
IUCN Statement | 11 Oct, 2021
IUCN statement on UN recognition of the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment
IUCN applauds the United Nations Human Rights Council’s decision that a clean, healthy and sustainable environment is a human right. A decades-long effort, the new resolution is a crucial and timely decision as humanity grapples with the planetary threats of climate change and biodiversity loss…