Blog | 16 Jun, 2020
Addressing issues of gender and social inclusion in sustainable ecosystem management in Guyana
Gender equality and women’s empowerment are matters of fundamental human rights and prerequisites to meeting sustainable development goals around the world.
Story | 16 Jun, 2020
Version 2.0 of the Diagnostic tool for transboundary conservation planners released
Transboundary conservation processes can often be difficult to coordinate. The Diagnostic tool is a valuable asset in supporting the decision-making process in establishing and implementing transboundary conservation initiatives that might ultimately lead to the…
Story | 15 Jun, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the global community in innumerable ways - impacting health, livelihoods, economies, and behaviours. The conservation community has not been spared, facing a range of challenges in the midst of this crisis, including for protected and conserved areas and the…
Story | 15 Jun, 2020
IUCN calls on business to put nature at the heart of economic recovery plans
Today, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) joined 30 global NGOs and business organisations in calling on corporate chief executives to support ambitious policies to reverse nature loss as part of the governments’ economic recovery plans.
Story | 10 Jun, 2020
Protected areas need better and more diversified funding
The current COVID -19 crisis has brought into sharp focus the underlying financing and resourcing challenges facing protected and conserved areas around the world. Protected areas are a mainstay of biodiversity conservation, while also contributing to people’s livelihoods and well-being,…
Story | 09 Jun, 2020
IUCN Lao PDR organised two field missions to the Xe Champhone Ramsar Wetland as part of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) – funded Climate Adaption in Wetlands Area Project (CAWA) to develop a Non-Timber Forest Resource Programmeme (NTFP) in 16 villages.
Story | 08 Jun, 2020
IUCN and The Ocean Race join forces in global sports-conservation partnership
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has established a unique collaboration with The Ocean Race to work together, combining global sports events with powerful conservation activities, having impacts that will amplify awareness towards sustainability and essential…
Story | 05 Jun, 2020
From Social Solidarity to Economic Solidarity
CEESP News: by Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir*
The citizens are aspiring for a transformational mission for a legitimate state to provide for universal basic needs and to ensure fundamental rights of its citizens. On the economic front, the…
Story | 03 Jun, 2020
COVID-19 and a new form of conservation
CEESP News - Blog post by Robert Fletcher, Bram Büscher & Kate Massarella, Wageningen University, the Netherlands