Story | 26 Nov, 2020
Listen to environmental law and policy experts from around the world.
WCEL Webinar Series
Story | 26 Nov, 2020
Dialogue: Community involvement in preventing and combating wildlife, forest and fisheries crime
CEESP Virtual Dialogue: by Dr. Inés Arroyo Quiroz, UNAM, Mexico; Dr. Meredith Gore, University of Maryland, USA; Dr. David Rodriguez Goyes, University of Oslo, Norway
As a quarter of the world’s land is owned or managed by Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities, they must be…
Story | 25 Nov, 2020
What are the emerging issues in Environmental Law?
High-level speakers from around the world address emerging issues in environmental law.
Story | 24 Nov, 2020
Seminar: “The value of Blue Carbon ecosystems for climate change adaptation and mitigation”
Date: 9-10 December 2020
Online 9:30-12:30 - Language: English/Spanish. Designed for research and conservation organizations
Story | 20 Nov, 2020
WCEL Webinar Considers Recent Developments in Environmental Rule of Law in Africa
On Friday 13 November, 2020, the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the Global Judicial Institute on the Environment (GJIE), hosted the eleventh event in the WCEL Webinar Series "Recent Developments in Environmental Rule of Law…
Story | 13 Nov, 2020
Par Dr. Diomande Dro Hyacinthe - « l’Égypte est un don du Nil ». Ce célèbre aphorisme d’Hérodote vient à juste titre pour justifier le partage actuel des eaux. l’Égypte rappelle constamment sur le fondement cet aphorisme son héritage, son lien historique sa très forte dépendance vis-à-vis du…
Story | 06 Nov, 2020
By Nicholas Robinson - On 27 October 2020, the International Council of Environmental Law (ICEL), in collaboration with the Permanent Mission of Costa Rica to the United Nations, the Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations, and the Observer Mission of the IUCN to the United Nations,…
Story | 30 Oct, 2020
Moving forward on lobster fishery means addressing access and conservation
CEESP News: by Tony Charles*. Originally published on Policy Options, October 28, 2020
The situation unfolding in the Nova Scotia lobster fishery raises larger questions around who holds decision-making power over this natural resource.
Story | 30 Oct, 2020
New Global Agreement to Address Serious Gaps in Environmental Law
By John E. Scanlon - On 16 October 2020, the Global Initiative to End Wildlife Crime released a groundbreaking briefing paper proposing a new international legal framework to address wildlife crime.
Story | 26 Oct, 2020
Waste characterization study completed in Carriacou Island
A waste characterization study was successfully completed in Carriacou Island, Grenada, by the team of local consultants hired by the IUCN Plastic Waste-Free Islands (PWFI) partner, Asia Pacific Waste Consultants (APWC).