Story | 02 Jan, 2011
IUCN welcomes ‘Forests 2011’ - International Year of Forests
The world’s forests are essential to life in all its diversity and to attaining humanity’s biggest goals such as reducing poverty, curbing climate change and achieving sustainable development. Throughout 2011 IUCN will work towards making sure that forests deliver their maximum potential for…
Story | 21 Dec, 2010
UN green light for science-policy platform on biodiversity
IUCN welcomes the resolution adopted by the UN General Assembly yesterday to establish a new international body designed to boost the global response to the loss of the world’s biodiversity and ecosystems.
Press release | 09 Dec, 2010
Foundation for climate deal laid in Cancun - IUCN
Governments at the UN climate talks in Cancun, Mexico, managed to approve a series of tangible if modest steps that set up a 'global climate fund' to help poor nations create a mechanism to share clean technologies, protect tropical forests and help the poor adapt to impacts ranging from storms…
Press release | 07 Dec, 2010
Make sure the poor don’t miss out on REDD, says IUCN
Governments need to put more attention and resources into making sure vulnerable people get their fair share of benefits from REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation), according to IUCN.
Story | 05 Dec, 2010
Sacred Natural Sites, Conserving Nature and Culture
A new book, Sacred Natural Sites: Conserving nature and culture , has been launched by IUCN at the Convention on Biological Diversity conference in Nagoya, Japan. The book is based on experience from around the world which highlights the importance of sacred natural sites in biodiversity…
Story | 02 Dec, 2010
Policy Matters: Edition 17 now out
Policy Matters 17, November 2010 - Exploring the Right to Diversity in Conservation Law, Policy, and Practice" The 17th issue of Policy Matters, the CEESP journal, was released in October at the 10th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Convention on Biological…
Story | 02 Dec, 2010
'Lives of the Forest' is a new video created by indigenous activists from across the Asia Pacific region exploring the likely impacts of the UN's REDD programme on indigenous resources and lifestyles. It was created during a participatory video facilitator training in Ifugao (Philippines) by…
Story | 02 Dec, 2010
'Los Derechos de la Pachamama'
'Los Derechos de la Pachamama' is an emotional and inspiring video that was created as a joint project between five indigenous communities in Peru with the message: 'We wish from out hearts that these rights we are proposing will be added to and that people across the world…
Story | 01 Dec, 2010
CEESP SEAPRISE Members Clive Wicks and Sandra Kloff and Paul Siegel have just published a best practice guide 'Extractive Industries and sustainable development'. Available in English and French.
Story | 30 Nov, 2010
Conservation & Human Rights – CIHR Scoping Meeting on Key Issues 2-3 Nov 2010
To further learning on human rights issues in conservation contexts, the Conservation Initiative on Human Rights (CIHR) hosted a scoping meeting from 2-3 November 2010, at WWF-US (Washington, DC) and BirdLife International (Cambridge, UK).