Story | 26 Jan, 2017
World Wetlands Day: Strengthening resilience and collaboration to reduce disaster risk
On February 2nd the world celebrates its wetlands – complex ecosystems that provide a wide variety of services and benefits for people and nature. Wetlands such as estuaries, mangroves, marshes, and swamps play, beyond their biological role, a key part in helping people cope with disasters. Yet…
Story | 17 Jan, 2017
Blog: Could Trump create water risks for businesses he wants to protect?
By Peter Newborne and James Dalton.
As we wait to see if President-elect Donald Trump upholds his campaign pledge to tear up the Paris climate change agreement, one of his close to home constituencies is already struggling on the frontline of the climate struggle.
CEO’s who may…
Story | 12 Jan, 2017
In Memoriam: Dr. Wolfgang E. Burhenne
IN MEMORIAM
Dr. Wolfgang E. Burhenne
(April 27, 1924 – January 6, 2017)
On January 6, 2017, a cold winter’s day in Germany, under clear blue sky with bright sunshine, Wolfgang E. Burhenne’s life ended,…
Story | 07 Dec, 2016
A positive decision by the European Commission to make EU nature laws work rather than change them
IUCN welcomes today’s decision by the European Commission not to ‘open’ the EU Nature legislation, but to focus on improving their implementation.
Story | 09 Nov, 2016
Wildlife Crime Fighting: Saving our Species through Criminal Law
29% of the 82,954 species which are listed on the IUCN Red List are threatened with extinction. This figure was announced at the IUCN World Conservation Congress which took place in Hawai’i from the 1st to the 10th of September 2016. If habitat loss and climate change partly explain the alarming…
Story | 26 Oct, 2016
Oceans, Law, and the IUCN World Conservation Congress
While the UN Preparatory Committee met in New York to discuss a new instrument on marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction, on the other side of the country, in Hawai'i, the global community grappled with the same fundamental issue: how to ensure conservation of the world’s…
Story | 13 Oct, 2016
Law and the future of conservation: Perspectives from the World Conservation Congress, Hawaii
At the World Conservation Congress in early September, thousands gathered to discuss the future of conservation. These included scientists, explorers, economists, and activists, as well as judges and lawyers. Environmental law has proliferated in recent decades, in the form of new legislation…
Story | 13 Oct, 2016
Video: Key stakeholders’ perspectives on International Water Law in the Mekong
International rivers, such as the Mekong, are crucial arteries carrying the lifeblood of freshwater that sustains human existence and ecosystems around the world. It is estimated that there are 276 transboundary river basins (TRB) and 200 transboundary aquifers around the world but 60…
Story | 03 Oct, 2016
Blog: 'Can’t see the water for the trees?' By James Dalton et al.
Originally published in Global Water Forum, Monday 3 October 2016. To maximise downstream water quantity, you remove vegetation – all of it, including the trees. To counter rising carbon dioxide levels, you plant trees – lots of them. How should we do both?
Story | 06 Sep, 2016
Access to information and knowledge of environmental law boosted with new ECOLEX website
ECOLEX – the online gateway to environmental law – has launched a new website at the IUCN World Conservation Congress which takes place 1-10 September 2016 in Hawai’i.
This new web presence will give users greater access to information and knowledge about the growing body of law…