Story | 02 Dec, 2020
Need to streamline National REDD+ Programme Awareness across, forest communities, private sector
IUCN Pakistan in collaboration with the Ministry of Climate Change organized a Stakeholders’ Workshop for preparation of REDD+ Strategic Communications Plan in Islamabad today. The event was attended by a large number of government officials, members of the civil society, environmental experts…
Story | 01 Dec, 2020
Local communities are key actors for the conservation and successful management of protected and conserved areas. With the emergence of COVID-19, the needs of local communities have been exacerbated and protected areas face threats that are difficult to counter in the current context.
Story | 01 Dec, 2020
Gender equality and women’s empowerment are matters of fundamental human rights and social justice, as well as a prerequisite for sustainable development and achieving the SDGs and other global agendas. For over 20 years IUCN has been committed to the cause of not leaving women and girls behind…
Story | 01 Dec, 2020
Achieving peace, truth, reconciliation, and justice in Colombian protected areas
In 2016, the Colombian Government signed a peace agreement with the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) guerrillas. This agreement represented a very important and significant step towards the objective of environmental sustainability that the Sustainable Development Goals pursue. The…
Story | 26 Nov, 2020
Thursday 26 November, 16:00-18:30 East Africa Time (EAT)
Story | 26 Nov, 2020
Listen to environmental law and policy experts from around the world.
WCEL Webinar Series
Story | 26 Nov, 2020
Regional biodiversity knowledge hub launched in Eastern and Southern Africa
IUCN, RCMRD - the Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development, and partners have officially launched the Regional Resource Hub and one of its flagship knowledge products, the most comprehensive analysis on the state of protected areas in Eastern and Southern Africa
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
Launch of the IUCN WCPA Best Practice Guidelines on Geoconservation in Protected and Conserved Areas
These Best Practice Guidelines, No.31 in the IUCN WCPA series, are the first to address a fundamental part of nature - geodiversity and geoheritage and its protection and conservation.