Story | 08 Jan, 2021
Chakay - the Mexican MPA experience of sustainable ecolabeling and traceability
Achieving Sustainability Principles and applying the Criteria for Management and Eco-labelling in fishing and touristic activities in the in the Mexican Caribbean, specifically in the Sian Ka’an and Banco Chinchorro Biosphere Reserves has been a complex yet very interesting process.
This…
Story | 08 Jan, 2021
IUCN Green List helps Huangshan Scenic Area in integrated management of three UNESCO designations
Huangshan Scenic Area sits in the south of the Chinese province of Anhui. It was approved by the State Council of the People's Republic of China in 1982, covering a territory of 160.6 km2 and home to around 5000 residents. Characterised by a granite forest landscape, it includes 77 mountains…
Story | 05 Jan, 2021
Coral restoration training on Fiji’s Coral Coast
CEESP News: by Victor Bonito, Director, Reef Explorer Fiji
With corals and coral reefs facing increasing threats, coral restoration has become a growing tool for conservation and marine management practitioners.
Story | 04 Jan, 2021
IUCN Global Gender Working Group seeks to increase knowledge about the link between gender equality, empowerment of women in management and conservation under the Green List of Protected and Conserved Areas Standard.
Story | 04 Jan, 2021
Quebec meets UN Convention’s Terrestrial Protected Area Target of 17%
The total area of the province of Quebec, Canada is 1,668 Million square km, larger than countries such as Iran, Peru, and South Africa. On December 17, 2020, the Premier of Quebec François Legault and the Environment and Climate Change Minister Benoît…
Story | 22 Dec, 2020
Supportive policies are key to forest landscape restoration
Experience has shown that for forest landscape restoration (FLR) to be successful, it needs to be supported by policies that incentivize, facilitate and mobilize the implementation of FLR. This IUCN brief describes a range of FLR-supportive policies, complemented by…
Story | 14 Dec, 2020
5th International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC5) is on, new dates announced.
The new dates for IMPAC5, Vancouver, Canada, have been announced: 3-9 February, 2023. Co-hosts IUCN and the Canadian Government, together with the international committee for IMPAC5, invite you to prepare.
Story | 09 Dec, 2020
Learning to develop ecotourism packages that benefit conservation and local development
9 Mediterranean protected areas are developing ecotourism in their destinations, putting into action what they learnt in DestiMED PLUS project online training. The project pilot sites are adopting the MEET approach to develop, manage and promote ecotourism, which prioritize high standards of…
Story | 08 Dec, 2020
Addressing the Violence of Inequality in Conservation
Around the world, gender-based violence affects sustainable and equitable natural resource access and control - and solutions are urgently needed. Four projects will work to address these issues in wildlife and forestry conservation.
Story | 07 Dec, 2020
Mapping global impacts for all vegetable oils key to sustainability: IUCN study
Gland, 07.12.2020 (IUCN) - A lack of data on the environmental and social impacts of vegetable oil crops stands in the way of informed discussions about their relative sustainability, a new study by members of the IUCN’s Palm Oil Task Force finds. More accurate, high-resolution…