Story | 27 May, 2019
On behalf of organizers, IUCN would like to express our sincere thanks for all applicants of marine turtle conservation volunteer programme 2019 in Hon Cau Marine Protected Area.
Story | 25 May, 2019
Environmental Law and Policy in Cameroon: Towards making Africa the tree of life
WCEL Member Dr. Oliver C. Ruppel and Dr. Emmanuel D. Kam Yogo co-edited and published "Environmental law and policy in Cameroon - Towards making Africa the tree of life." The publication reflects legal and political options for regulating environmental interests in the African context, which are…
Story | 24 May, 2019
This World Environment Day, take action to #BeatAirPollution
Air pollution is one of the greatest environmental challenges of our time, but many solutions can be found in nature.
Story | 23 May, 2019
From helplessness to hope through restoration
With successive waves of environmental foreboding predicted by the world’s leading scientific authorities, hopeful nature-based solutions for the planet’s future have never been more necessary. Fortunately, from increasing the productivity of…
Story | 22 May, 2019
Restoration opportunities in the heart of DRC
IUCN, the government, partners, and a key local governance working group collaborate to ensure sustainable land management in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Mangai landscape – through the application of the restoration opportunities assessment methodology.
Story | 21 May, 2019
Exchange workshop on natural protected areas finance Mexico-Cuba
Exchanging experiences between Mexico and Cuba on national protected areas finance: scaling-up the implementation of the Incubator for Nature Conservation in Cuba: Mexico City, 26-28 February 2019
Story | 21 May, 2019
A Young Lawyer’s First COP: International negotiations and the state of the environment
By Sabrina Nick - Young lawyer and WCEL Early Career Group Applicant, Sabrina Nick, shares her experience attending the UN Biodiversity COP 14 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt in November, 2018.
Story | 20 May, 2019
La Antigua will host the Regional Conservation Forum
The Forum will include a Knowledge Day which will be open to the general public, with experience exchange panels, expert talks, audiovisual presentations, and posters about conservation and sustainable development experiences.
Story | 19 May, 2019
Rights of Nature: Why it Might Not Save the Entire World
By Dr. Julien Bétaille - Dr. Bétaille, Associate Professor of Law the at the University of Toulouse (France), recently published an article on the rights of nature in the Journal for European Environmental & Planning Law, as a contribution to the academic debate.
Story | 07 May, 2019
By Klaus Bosselmann - The global conservation movement has lost one of its most inspiring figures. It is with great sadness we announce that Polly Higgins has passed away on 21 April 2019 aged 50.