Story | 30 Dec, 2019
A Reflection on Protected Areas in Serving Wildlife Migration: Endangered Oriental Storks
CEESP News: by Linda Wong and Jinfeng Zhou, Secretariat of the China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (CBCGDF).
Starving migratory Oriental Storks have been found in northeast China this wintering season. Field investigations found that the lack of food in…
Story | 30 Dec, 2019
The Historical Journey of Indigenous Peoples in Climate Change Negotiation
CEESP News: by Pasang Dolma Sherpa, PhD, Co-Chair of FWG, LCIPP of the UNFCCC. Pasang is also Co-Chair of the CEESP Indigenous Peoples, Customary & Environmental Laws & Human Rights Specialist Group (SPICEH)
Story | 23 Dec, 2019
NRGF in 2019: Continued implementation, outreach and learning
CEESP News: by Jessica Campese (NRGF Co-Chair, CEESP) with Barbara Nakangu (GPGR Senior Programme Manager, NRGF Co-Chair) and Jenny Springer (GPGR Director).
The Natural Resource Governance Framework (NRGF) initiative made important progress in 2019 in expanding outreach, supporting use…
Story | 23 Dec, 2019
IUCN and Cambodia’s Fisheries Administration sign agreement to promote closer collaboration
On December 16, 2019, in Siem Reap, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the Fisheries Administration (FiA) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries signed an MOU to strengthen collaboration on fisheries management and livelihoods…
Story | 17 Dec, 2019
Peace, Migration, and Environmental Change
CEESP News: by Galeo Saintz and Elaine Hsaio, Chairs of the CEESP Theme on Environment & Peace.
Migration of humans and other species is widely predicted to increase in large numbers due to environmental change (e.g., climate change and environmental degradation) and…
Story | 17 Dec, 2019
Addressing the climate change and poverty nexus
CEESP NEWS: by Anthony Charles, Senior Research Fellow in Environment and Sustainability (among other positions, please see below)
Story | 17 Dec, 2019
New IUCN film - Common challenge of aquaculture and marine conservation in Zanzibar
Gland, 17.12.2019 (IUCN) - Seaweed farming is one of the activities conducted by coastal communities in many places around the world. On the coast of Zanzibar, this activity is mostly done by women (80% of the seaweed farmers), provides them…
Story | 12 Dec, 2019
Will the European Green Deal meet its ambitious expectations?
The EU has launched the long-awaited European Green Deal, the plan to tackle the profound environmental crisis we are living in. IUCN welcomes this promising proposal, and encourages all actors to do…
Press release | 07 Dec, 2019
Marine life, fisheries increasingly threatened as the ocean loses oxygen – IUCN report
Madrid, Spain, 07.12.2019 (IUCN) - The loss of oxygen from the world’s ocean is increasingly threatening fish species and disrupting ecosystems, a new IUCN report…
Story | 05 Dec, 2019
Assurance for the IUCN Green List sustainability standard is required
IUCN is now seeking to secure our assurance provider for the Green List through the next quadrennial period, 2020 to 2024. The Assurance Provider would help maintain and deliver a credible and transparent evaluation process and governance framework for the IUCN Green List.