Story | 11 Mar, 2020
Ecosystem restoration project in a private (not “privately”) protected area in Chilean Patagonia
CEESP News - by John Whitelaw and Elena Sobakina, Proyecto Pichimahuida
A strictly private project of ecosystem restoration, the main feature of which is a successful rebuilt of native forest by active reforestation, complemented by a variety of restorative and protective measures,…
Story | 11 Mar, 2020
Sikkim Workshop on Resilient Himalayan Environment and Community
Under Coping with Uncertainties project (CwU), IUCN organized one day state level workshop entitled “Building Resilient Himalayan Environment & Community” on 21st February 2020 at Gangtok, Sikkim.
Story | 10 Mar, 2020
Adopting rights-based approaches to enable cost-effective conservation and climate action
CEESP News: by Vicky Tauli-Corpuz (a), Janis Alcorn (b), Augusta Molnar (c),⇑, Christina Healy (d), Edmund Barrow (e) **
A new publication " Cornered by PAs: Adopting rights-based approaches to enable cost-effective conservation and climate action" in the academic…
Story | 05 Mar, 2020
Encouraging policy development and best practices for privately protected areas
CEESP News: A contribution from the IUCN WCPA Privately Protected Areas and Nature Stewardship Specialist Group
Often missing from policy discussions, privately protected areas (PPAs) could play an important role in achieving global targets. The PPA and Nature Stewardship Specialist…
Story | 05 Mar, 2020
Communities step up to manage their natural resources
Ghana lost about 60% of its forest cover in just over 50 years, and at the current deforestation rate of approximately 2% per year (135,000 ha/year), the situation is expected to get worse. The government has taken measures to address this, now it’s…
Story | 02 Mar, 2020
IUCN adds its voice to 108 organisations around the Globe urging end to harmful fisheries subsidies
Ahead of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministerial Conference, scheduled to launch on World Ocean Day, a statement with 108 signatory organisations from around the world delivers world leaders a message: Reach a meaningful agreement to stop harmful subsidies.
Governments have been…
Story | 25 Feb, 2020
"Plastic Waste-Free Islands" sounds like a dream, but a project works to bring it to reality
The Plastic Waste-Free Islands (PWFI) project has started its work: assist several island nations in the Pacific and Caribbean region to reduce plastic waste generation and eliminate leakage to the ocean on which they depend.
In this article we overview the PWFI project and cover the…
Story | 21 Feb, 2020
Plastic Waste-Free Islands project launched in the Caribbean in January
Three launching events took place in Antigua, Saint Lucia and Grenada hosted by IUCN in corporation with the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD), the Governments of the three countries and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean…
Story | 19 Feb, 2020
Emergency Recovery Plan could halt catastrophic collapse in world’s freshwater biodiversity
With biodiversity vanishing from rivers, lakes and wetlands at alarming speed, a new scientific paper outlines an Emergency Recovery Plan to reverse the rapid decline in the world’s freshwater species and habitats – and safeguard our life support systems.
Story | 13 Feb, 2020
Blueyou business partners with mangrove trees to turn a profit
The swirling question posed by any business wanting to take part in nature conservation is how to make it profitable. In Indonesia, the “Selva Shrimp” project is on the way to proving that small-scale farming with active nature conservation can create livelihoods for local communities. At the…