Story | 05 Jul, 2018
How to increase the value of Vietnam’s forestry sector?
On a visit to Quang Tri in 2016 we asked a forest ranger where the best forest was. He said it was in remote areas too inaccessible for illegal logging or land conversion. If an area has fertile soil and is easy to access, people will turn it into farmland. When we asked a young farmer in Yen…
Story | 30 Jun, 2018
Forests Specialist Group Reports on Outcomes of the 13th session of the UN Forum on Forests
The World Commission on Environmental Law participated for the first time as an observer during the 13th annual session of the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF-13). One of the main messages delivered at the session is that forests are crucial for the maintenance of…
Story | 28 Jun, 2018
WCEL Forests Specialist Group: Update June 2018
The Forests Specialist Group has published its report in a series highlighting ongoing work under each WCEL Specialist Group.
Story | 28 Jun, 2018
Blog: Artistic representation meets academic research: Reflections from a journey to Nova Scotia
CEESP News - Dr. Helen Schneider, Flora and Fauna International
I’ve always found something slightly unsettling about visiting a place with a long history of human habitation but only a relatively recent built heritage. Somehow it feels to me that the buildings and other infrastructure…
Story | 26 Jun, 2018
A new online course builds capacity on gender and environment linkages
At the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Assembly in Da Nang, Vietnam, IUCN is pleased to join efforts in the launch of a free Open Online Course on Gender and the Environment.
Story | 25 Jun, 2018
Regional Security: The Case of the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
CEESP News - Arthur Westing, Westing Associates in Environment, Security, & Education
The possible treaty to finally bring a formal end to the Korean War could have at least one tragic drawback, namely the dissolution of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that was established by the…
Blog | 20 Jun, 2018
Blog: Communities, Conservation, and Livelihoods: A Win-Win Situation
CEESP News -- Indu Kumari, Wildlife Trust of India
The communities living on the fringes of protected forests are considered exploiters by some, while others feel that they are victims. The latter view holds that they had been living in harmony with nature for centuries but are now being…
Story | 17 Jun, 2018
The WCEL Chair, Justice Antonio Herman Benjamin, visited United Nations Headquarters to sign an MoU between WCEL and the Secretariat of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF).
Story | 12 Jun, 2018
Money grows for trees: Financing FLR in Asia and beyond
The loss of global tree cover reached a record 29.7 million hectares in 2016. While ambitious programmes across Asia to restore forest landscapes and help support rural communities are growing, there remains inadequate financing throughout the region and the world…
Story | 12 Jun, 2018
Common pool: Equitable water governance brings prosperity to Sabkhali
The Sundarbans, a vast forest in the coastal region of the Bay of Bengal, are considered one of the natural wonders of the world. Lying adjacent is Sabkhali, a largely agricultural village, highly vulnerable to climate change and tidal surges, salt water intrusion, and waterlogging. The area is…