Story | 08 May, 2012
The CBD Secretariat have released a report written by CEESP Members Tristan Tyrrell and Janis Alcorn for the CBD on Analysis of possible indicators to measure impacts of REDD+ on biodiversity and on indigenous and local communities
Story | 08 May, 2012
Indigenous Resource Management Systems: A holistic approach to nature and livelihoods
The following article, by Maurizio Farhan-Ferrari, Coordinator of FPP's Environmental Governance Programme, and CEESP Member, was recently published on the Landscapes Blog for People, Food and Nature.
Story | 23 Apr, 2012
Top global platform on biodiversity and its benefits established
After several years of international negotiations, the final operational design of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) was agreed upon during the Second Plenary Session to…
Story | 22 Apr, 2012
IUCN Director General calls for women’s access to energy at the EU Sustainable Energy for All Summit
IUCN Director General Julia Marton-Lefèvre called for education and career opportunities for women in the energy sector during the…
Story | 19 Apr, 2012
Linking IUCN science to global action
IUCN is ready to participate actively and share its most prominent knowledge products with an emerging global platform on biodiversity and its benefits (IPBES). Learn more on IUCN’s knowledge, tools and standards and discover how these can help IPBES linking science to action.
Story | 12 Apr, 2012
IUCN offers conservation knowledge for global nature platform
The world needs a stronger link between government policy and scientific facts regarding nature and its benefits. IUCN is taking part in the second plenary session of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity…
Story | 11 Apr, 2012
European Parliament voices concern over Virunga National Park thanks to IUCN encouragement
The Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has recently been the subject of actions by European Parliamentarians encouraged by IUCN.
Story | 04 Apr, 2012
Save Our Species funds Mangrove Finch project on Galapagos Islands
Swen Lorenz, Chief Executive of the Charles Darwin Foundation, an IUCN member organization, visited IUCN HQs in order to sign a grant agreement with SOS - Save Our Species to protect the Mangrove Finch (Camarhynchus heliobates) which is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List of…
Story | 31 Mar, 2012
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Story | 24 Mar, 2012
Governance of shared waters: legal and institutional issues
Governance of shared waters: legal and institutional issues