Story | 26 Oct, 2020
PWFI advancing its work in the Caribbean
Asia Pacific Waste Consultants (APWC), engaged by IUCN within the Plastic Waste-Free Islands (PWFI) project to create a flow analysis of plastics, has hired local teams in Grenada and Saint Lucia to gather in country and field-based auditing data on…
Story | 22 Oct, 2020
The 21st meeting of the IUCN's Western Gray Whale Advisory Panel (WGWAP-21) will take place virtually from 17 to 19 November 2020.
Story | 22 Oct, 2020
An intense day for biodiversity: IUCN busy with the EU Green Week, and MEPs discussing on the CAP
Tuesday 21 October was a remarkably busy day for the IUCN European Regional Office, in the context of the EU Green Week 2020. EU Biodiversity Targets for Protected Areas and Nature Restoration at the top of the Agenda
Story | 15 Oct, 2020
As climate change impacts intensify across the globe, the prevalence of nature-based solutions for climate adaptation, also known as Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA), has also been increasing, with various actors including governments, private sector, non-governmental organisations and community…
Story | 15 Oct, 2020
South Africa approves climate change, emissions reduction and waste management plans
IUCN is supporting National governments and stakeholders in the Eastern and Southern Africa region to integrate a circular economy approach in addressing and reducing plastic pollution.
Story | 15 Oct, 2020
Spotlight on two new IUCN Member organisations: Gallifrey Foundation and ConservationX Labs
The IUCN is a powerful union of members from government and civil society organisations. Twenty-eight new member organisations have recently become part of that union.
We asked two of our new members about their separate journeys to marine conservation successes and current goals. Here…
Story | 14 Oct, 2020
10 years of IUCN filmmaking on ocean issues
Over the years, IUCN, through its global and regional programmes and its commissions, has sought to bring attention to pressing marine issues and solutions. The release of films and short videos has brought attention to the importance and vulnerability of marine ecosystems, with images from…
Story | 11 Oct, 2020
Subtle Ways of Excluding Indigenous Voices
To observe Indigenous Peoples Day in the US, we share this personal opinion piece by CEESP Member Minnie Degawan, activist for Indigenous Peoples’ rights from the Cordillera, Philippines & Director of Conservation International’s Indigenous & Traditional Peoples Program
Story | 22 Sep, 2020
Guide to identifying ecosystem services in protected areas
CEESP News: by Kasandra-Zorica Ivanić, Sue Stolton, Carolina Figueroa Arango and Nigel Dudley
What do protected areas give back to local and more distant communities, if anything?
A new tool from the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas helps us find out. The Protected Areas…
Story | 08 Sep, 2020
Dear Colleagues and Friends,
It is with great personal sadness that we announce the death of Dr. Biliana Cicin-Sain. Our beloved leader and friend passed away last Tuesday, 1 September 2020 as a result of lung cancer.