Story | 31 Oct, 2018
Mexico celebrates its first IUCN National Forum
The event brought together more than 350 participants, 50 panellists and 50 speakers to share experiences and impressions of diverse sectors – youth, indigenous peoples,…
Story | 29 Oct, 2018
Highlighting Human Dimensions of Conservation
CEESP News - by Ameyali Ramos, CEESP Deputy Chair
The Mexican National Committee of IUCN Members hosted a Forum in Mexico City, Mexico from 23 to 25 October 2018. The Forum provided…
Story | 29 Oct, 2018
Third SMM stakeholders’ workshop, September 25 - 26, 2018, Kisumu, Kenya
IUCN, UNECE and IGAD Secretariat with funding from OES US State Department and SDC supported the Third SMM stakeholders’ workshop held from September 25-26, 2018 in Kisumu, Kenya.
Story | 26 Oct, 2018
Reyna Amparo Meléndez Ochoa y Rosa Alba Mérida Monterrosa, del Ejido Alpujarras de Cacahoatán en Chiapas sacan adelante a su familia con las frutas y verduras que venden en los tianguis, tras tomar medidas de Adaptación basada en Ecosistemas (AbE) para diversificar…
Story | 26 Oct, 2018
Real potential to restore mangroves: New tool sheds light
Over the past two decades alone, nearly 100,000 hectares, or 6% of the world’s mangrove forests have been lost. This is just a fraction of the global mangrove loss through the past century. Restoration of these important forests is a tangible way…
Story | 25 Oct, 2018
Empowering and strengthening community participation in natural resource management in Ghana
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in collaboration with the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources (MLNR), the Green Livelihood Alliance (A Rocha Ghana, Tropenbos Ghana, Friends of the Earth Ghana), SNV, IUCN, Mondelez International Cocoa Life Program and the Shared Resources…
Story | 24 Oct, 2018
Urgenda Climate Change Judgment Survives Appeal in the Netherlands
By Jonathan Verschuuren - On 9 October 2018, the Dutch Court of Appeal in The Hague rendered its judgment in the Urgenda case.
Story | 23 Oct, 2018
WCEL Oceans, Coasts and Coral Reefs Specialist Group: Update October 2018
The Oceans, Coasts and Coral Reefs Specialist Group has published its report in a series highlighting ongoing work under each WCEL Specialist Group.
Story | 22 Oct, 2018
Second phase of FFF launched in Nepal
The second phase of Forest and Farm Facility (FFF), a global partnership between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), IUCN and Agricord, was launched on Tuesday 25th of…
Story | 21 Oct, 2018
WCEL announces a new regional report by Clement Yow Mulalap, A Pivotal Point in Human History: The Use of the Law of the Sea and Related Fields of International Law and Processes by Pacific Small Island Developing States to Address “Pollution” of the Ocean from Excess Anthropogenic Greenhouse…