Story | 16 Jul, 2022
New Legal Protections for the Environment in relation to Armed Conflict
Nature and conservation are inevitably harmed during armed conflict. The laws of armed conflict do provide some measure of legal protection for nature, but these rules are limited and vague. The recent adoption by the International Law Commission (a legal body within the United Nations) of a set…
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Story | 11 Jul, 2022
16 women receive high accolades for their contribution to waste management in Fiji
Sixteen women from Lautoka and Suva in Fiji were part of a week-long workshop that was aimed at empowering women in the informal waste sector.
IUCN event
The Great Blue Wall is a Western Indian Ocean (WIO)-led, Africa driven roadmap to achieve a nature positive world by 2030. Its goal is to dramatically accelerate and upscale ocean conservation actions (SDG14) while enhancing socio-ecological resilience (SDG 15) and the development of a…
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Marine protected areas and climate change
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Blog | 04 Jul, 2022
Reflections on the closing of the 2022 UN Ocean Conference, Lisbon, Portugal
As the second UN Ocean Conference draws to a close, I am delighted to see the many commitments, pledges and actions presented in Lisbon, from actions on blue carbon ecosystems to new financial instruments to pledges towards larger and more effective…
Page | 04 Jul, 2022
Over the years, the number of Protected and Conserved Areas (PCAs) has increased and today 17% of terrestrial and inland water areas and about 10% of the global ocean are protected. The area of protected land on Earth has increased to seven times the size of India over the last decade. PCAs are…
Blog | 01 Jul, 2022
Reading between the lines: G7 leaders make important commitments to nature
Naturally much of the focus of the recent G7 Summit, held in Elmau, Germany addressed the war in Ukraine and its economic and security repercussions, including on food and energy. That being said, and perhaps lost beneath the headlines, their…