Story | 14 Nov, 2018
This is the 3rd Meeting of Environmental Journalists of News Agencies of the Mediterranean, promoted by the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Story | 13 Nov, 2018
New WCEL International, Regional and National Report: El conflicto del el río Atuel en Argentina
WCEL announces a new regional report by Justice Ricardo Lorenzetti, El conflicto del el río Atuel en Argentina.
Story | 12 Nov, 2018
Deputy Chair Denise Antolini represented the Commission at the two-day meeting in September 2018 hosted in the city of Prague by IUCN State Member the Ministry of Environment of Czechia and chaired by IUCN Councillor for East Europe, North and Central Asia Michael Hošek.
Story | 09 Nov, 2018
By Stefano Burchi - The High Court of Bombay at Goa refers to and relies upon the Brasília Declaration of Judges on Water Justice in litigation disputing a land use planning administrative decision.
Story | 09 Nov, 2018
SUSTAINability in African Landscapes
Blog by Claire Warmenbol. SUSTAIN is a 10-year programme supporting inclusive green growth in Tanzania and Mozambique, with a particular focus on creating shared value for business, communities and nature. Both countries possess strong development potential and are seeing rapid growth in both…
Story | 09 Nov, 2018
On 5 October, 20 representatives from civil society, government, and the academic sector, representing seven countries which are part of the Mekong and Brahmaputra-Meghna River Basins, met in Bangkok to identify cross-basin learning and collaboration opportunities. The event was co-organised by…
Story | 09 Nov, 2018
Last refuges of endangered species mapped, showing nearly half lack protection
A major assessment by the international Alliance for Zero Extinction – the global conservation partnership that works to identify, map and safeguard sites holding the only known locations of highly threatened species – finds that nearly half of these irreplaceable sites are currently unprotected…
Story | 08 Nov, 2018
Protected Areas Working Group: enhancing regional coordination in the Pacific
IUCN Oceania Regional Office (ORO) and the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) have convened the latest gathering of the Protected Area Working Group (PAWG) of the Pacific Island Roundtable for Nature Conservation (…
Story | 07 Nov, 2018
The 2nd Mediterranean Plant Conservation Week (MPCW) with the theme “Conservation of Mediterranean Plant Diversity: Complementary Approaches and New Perspectives” will take place at the University of Malta, Valletta Campus from 12 to 16 November 2018.
Story | 07 Nov, 2018
A call from Ramsar COP13 to the Convention on Biological Diversity
Our challenge to the Convention on Biological Diversity: a call from Ramsar COP13 to embed wetland conservation in the post-2020 biodiversity and sustainable development agendas.