Story | 17 May, 2021
Farmer organisations and the Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions: An illustration
IUCN is onto something with the Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions and its associated self-assessment. However, the best way to reinforce the universal value of this tool is for different types of organisations to apply the self-assessment to their own…
Blog | 16 May, 2021
Helping protect Oceania's birds
I'm Mark O'Brien, I'm from the UK, I've been based with BirdLife International in Suva for 11 years now. I have always been interested in birds.
Story | 14 May, 2021
IUCN-WCEL Environment Week will be held online 31 May to 4 June
The IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL) is pleased to announce WCEL-IUCN Environment Week, a 5-day webinar series exploring environmental law solutions. The webinars will focus on the environmental declarations since the Stockholm Conference, as well as the role of environmental…
Story | 13 May, 2021
Neglected species – Sending out an SOS for a vanishingly rare primate
Gibbons are great apes. There. We’ve said it. The purists may pooh-pooh the idea, but ours isn’t a scientific definition. These so-called lesser apes may not officially rank alongside the big guns of the primate world, but in their own…
Story | 12 May, 2021
New IUCN Open Project Portal to increase transparency and accountability
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) now has an Open Project Portal to allow open, comprehensive public access to data on IUCN's work in over 125 countries and territories. This new public portal is a part of IUCN’s commitment to increase…
Story | 12 May, 2021
What makes conservation effective? A community perspective
A video is now available of the public event held April 20, 2021, to celebrate the launch of the new CCRN book, co-published by IUCN-CEESP: Communities, Conservation and Livelihoods.
Story | 11 May, 2021
Nigerian Conservation Foundation partner nominated for the 2021 Whitley Award
Joseph Onoja, Technical Programme Director at the Nigerian Conservation Foundation, an IUCN Member organisation, has been shortlisted for the 2021 Whitley Award.
Story | 10 May, 2021
CEESP News: by Fikret Berkes, University of Manitoba*
As more and more terrestrial and marine regions come under protected area status, the idea of community-based conservation becomes…
Story | 10 May, 2021
First guidelines to design and deploy Blue Carbon projects in Europe and the Mediterranean
IUCN launches a manual to support financing of restoration and conservation efforts on a European and Mediterranean scale.
Story | 10 May, 2021
Thailand celebrates Thailand National Mangrove Day
H.E. Varawut Silpa-archa, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, encouraged the nation to celebrate National Mangrove Day and the success Thailand has had in increasing mangrove forest areas. In addition, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Mr.…