Press release | 29 Apr, 2010
World governments fail to deliver on 2010 biodiversity target
Background: World leaders have failed to deliver commitments made in 2002 to reduce the global rate of biodiversity loss by 2010, and have instead overseen alarming biodiversity declines. These findings are the result of a new paper published in the journal Science and…
Story | 28 Apr, 2010
A gateway to PES: using payments for ecosystem services for livelihoods and landscapes
The main objective of this work is to provide an introduction and sense of direction (i.e. a “Gateway”) into the complicated world of Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES). It by no means intends to serve as a comprehensive overview of this vast field.
Story | 14 Apr, 2010
Joint PAEL-TILCEPA workshop on Protected Areas Management Evaluation and Social Assessment of Protected Areas
Story | 07 Apr, 2010
Study on indigenous peoples and climate change issues made available
IUCN has undertaken an in-depth review of the concerns of indigenous peoples in relation to current international climate change and REDD-plus policy making.
Story | 04 Feb, 2010
CEESP Steering Commitee Meeting
The CEESP Steering Committee met in Bangkok , Thailand November 27th and 28th 2009 immediately following the 73rd IUCN Council meeting. Eighteen Theme Co-Chairs, Regional Vice Chairs and CEESP Officers attended the meeting together with Secretariat and IUCN-ROSA staff. The objectives of the…
Story | 04 Feb, 2010
Fodder for War: Getting to the Crux of the Natural Resources Crisis
Let me begin with a polemic to get my main point across as to the connection between inequitable land rights and conflict.
Story | 01 Feb, 2010
SDKP Launches New Publication Series With Pardee Center
A new series of policy briefs called Sustainable Development Insights has been launched by the Sustainable Development Knowledge Partnership in collaboration with the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the…
Story | 01 Feb, 2010
The End of the Hinterland: Forests, Conflict and Climate Change
In light of the recently completed UNFCCC COP15 in Copenhagen, the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) is pleased to release a new strategic analysis on the status of forest tenure, rights and resources globally – and the issues that affected them - in 2009.
Story | 28 Jan, 2010
Economic Costs of the 2009 Floods in the Fiji Sugar Belt and Policy Implications
Based on an economic assessment of the January 2009 floods using detailed GIS based flood inundation assessment and household field survey data, Lal, Rita and Khatri estimate the cost of the January 2009 floods to the sugar industry to be FJ $24 million.
Story | 27 Jan, 2010
Natural Solutions: Protected areas helping people cope with climate change
Natural Solutions: Protected areas helping people cope with climate change, from IUCN-WCPA, The Nature Conservancy, UNDP, Wildlife Conservation Society, The World Bank and WWF. A new report outlines the ways in which protected areas can help mitigate and adapt to climate change…