Story | 18 Jan, 2021
Reverse the Red Webinar Series and the IUCN One Programme
January 26th, 8AM EST
Story | 17 Jan, 2021
CEESP News: by Ana Claudia Hafemann *
Faced with an atypical scenario arising with the spread of the new coronavirus pandemic worldwide, new behaviors became necessary in prevention and control. The regulatory sector of water supply and sanitation, in particular, has been assigned the…
Story | 12 Jan, 2021
Mangroves, salt marshes and seagrasses of international importance in Mozambique and Tanzania are currently not subject to the level of protection needed to ensure their long-term functioning. This is one of the findings of a new IUCN report that provides an in-depth analysis of carbon-rich…
Story | 11 Jan, 2021
New edition: Protected Area Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool (METT)
CEESP News by Sue Stolton and Nigel Dudley, Equilibrium Research
Protected and conserved areas only work if they are effectively managed. And understanding what constitutes “effective” means getting to grips with a huge range of social, environmental and economic issues.
Story | 11 Jan, 2021
COVID-19, Indigenous peoples, local communities and natural resource governance: a preliminary study
CEESP News: contribution by Gretchen Walters and Samir Laouadi, University of Lausanne *
A collaborative study reveals how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting Indigenous peoples and local…
Story | 08 Jan, 2021
Chakay - the Mexican MPA experience of sustainable ecolabeling and traceability
Achieving Sustainability Principles and applying the Criteria for Management and Eco-labelling in fishing and touristic activities in the in the Mexican Caribbean, specifically in the Sian Ka’an and Banco Chinchorro Biosphere Reserves has been a complex yet very interesting process.
This…
Story | 06 Jan, 2021
CEESP News: by Caroline de Jong, Policy Advisor, Forest Peoples Programme*
Forest Peoples Programme (FPP) recently released its report “COVID-19 and indigenous and tribal peoples: The impacts and underlying inequalities”. Building on grassroots stories from ten countries and wider…
Story | 05 Jan, 2021
Coral restoration training on Fiji’s Coral Coast
CEESP News: by Victor Bonito, Director, Reef Explorer Fiji
With corals and coral reefs facing increasing threats, coral restoration has become a growing tool for conservation and marine management practitioners.
Story | 04 Jan, 2021
IUCN Global Gender Working Group seeks to increase knowledge about the link between gender equality, empowerment of women in management and conservation under the Green List of Protected and Conserved Areas Standard.
Story | 22 Dec, 2020
Supportive policies are key to forest landscape restoration
Experience has shown that for forest landscape restoration (FLR) to be successful, it needs to be supported by policies that incentivize, facilitate and mobilize the implementation of FLR. This IUCN brief describes a range of FLR-supportive policies, complemented by…