DG Statement | 06 Mar, 2020
IUCN Acting Director General’s Statement on International Women’s Day 2020
Nature conservation and women’s rights are inextricably linked. As we face an escalating biodiversity crisis, we need women as equal, active players in conservation more than ever. What is more, environmental degradation is actually exacerbating violence against…
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 | 02 Mar, 2020
On 13 February 2020, under its Marine Plastics and Coastal Communities (MARPLASTICCs) Project, IUCN in collaboration with the Environment Justice Foundation (EJF) conducted the Thailand Partners Workshop on Reducing Abundance and Impacts of Ghost Fishing Gear at the Research and Innovation for…
Story | 29 Feb, 2020
Channelling action for migratory species from CMS COP13 in India to Central Asia
In February, the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS COP13) adopted a decision for the CMS Central Asian Mammals Initiative (CAMI). CAMI’s Programme of Work for the period 2021-2026 was approved, incorporating IUCN Save Our…
Story | 27 Feb, 2020
Report: Building ambition and planning ahead for the High Seas treaty
A new IUCN report gives a series of recommendations to build ambition for the new agreement on the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ) under UNCLOS.
…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 | 21 Feb, 2020
As part of the recently concluded 13th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Migratory Species in Gandhinagar, India, IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) and Toyota Motor Corporation, together with the Government of India, hosted a panel discussion highlighting the…
Story | 21 Feb, 2020
By Damilola S. Olawuyi - When leading international law scholars convened in Settat, Morocco for the 2019 Middle East and North Africa Environmental Law Scholars conference, hosted by the College of Law, Hassan the First University, Settat, Morocco, in December 2019, they set out to determine…