Story | 04 Dec, 2019
Issue 25.2 of PARKS opens with an Editorial Essay on behalf of the Global Partnership on Aichi Target 11. The paper reviews progress towards this component of the Convention on Biological Diversity’s Strategic Plan.
Story | 27 Nov, 2019
The IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas today released guidelines for ‘recognising and reporting other effective area-based conservation measures’ (OECMs) at the 24th meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity’s (CBD) Subsidiary Body…
Story | 25 Nov, 2019
Tangled roots and changing tides: law at the service of mangrove conservation and sustainable use
A pioneering global study details the legal and institutional frameworks governing mangroves and proposes solutions to address gaps and weaknesses identified.
Story | 08 Nov, 2019
Understanding tools for protected area management, governance and social impacts
BIOPAMA Eastern and Southern Africa recently hosted a Regional Assessment Tool Workshop in partnership with the Government of Zambia in Livingstone, Zambia.
Story | 05 Nov, 2019
REGIONAL PROGRAMME TO BOOST CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES LAUNCHED IN EAST AFRICA
The East African Community (EAC) Secretariat in collaboration with USAID Kenya and East Africa and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) have officially launched a regional project to enhance the management and conservation of natural resources in East Africa.
Story | 29 Oct, 2019
Conservationists have a community, an international space for the problems they have conquered, a way to find how others have solved their conservation conundrums, and the building blocks to answer their current and future issues. This is…
Story | 29 Oct, 2019
New technologies in protected areas
Protected areas must use the digital revolution to their advantage. Adaptable new technologies are booming, connectivity is more and more available. The new MOOC TECH will introduce these technologies as applied to existing techniques in conservation as well as new uses in the field.
Story | 29 Oct, 2019
Sierra Leone’s “Green Diamond”, the natural jewel unearthed by a public-private partnership
Gola Rainforest National Park, "The Gola", is showing the country and the region how a private conservation group can join forces with a government department to improve protected area programs, by using a public-private partnership (PPP). But this PPP is now being…
Story | 23 Oct, 2019
The world of protected areas in one book, now in Spanish
The entirety of protected area management and governance has been available in one book since the IUCN World Parks Congress 2014, in Sydney. The Spanish version of this publication, 'Protected Area Governance and Management’, was launched in Lima, on 15 October 2019, at the third Latin American…
Story | 16 Oct, 2019
The Regional Center for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN ESARO have signed an implementation agreement for the development of a Regional Resource Hub (RRH) under the Biodiversity and Protected Area Management (BIOPAMA)…