Story | 14 Feb, 2017
UN Ocean Conference Preparatory meeting, 15-16 February, New York
In June 2017, the Ocean Conference – a high-level United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14 - will take place in New York. The world community comes together to discuss meaningful and innovative ways to CONSERVE AND SUSTAINABLY USE THE OCEANS,…
Story | 23 Jan, 2017
PISUNA- Community-Based Monitoring to Management
In December 2016 the PISUNA project gathered together Greenlandic stakeholders and international experts in Nuuk to share lessons-learnt during this project and other community-based monitoring initiatives in the Arctic.
Story | 16 Nov, 2016
Healthy marine ecosystems for the well-being of planet Earth
IUCN China was invited to participate in a media field reporting campaign named “Travel across Ecological Marine Territory” sponsored by the State Oceanic Administration of China. During the event, participants visited Juhua Island and Pan Jin municipality in Liaoning province, exploring…
Story | 15 Nov, 2016
Solomons and Vanuatu sign maritime border treaty
The Governments of Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands on 7 October signed a landmark Maritime Boundary Treaty to officially demarcate the mutual border of each Island State’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).
Story | 10 Nov, 2016
Conference on coastal carbon sinks conservation, 21-22 November, Malaga (Spain)
In the Framework of the Life Blue Natura project, which is an ambitious and innovative initiative to quantify blue carbon and protect coastal habitats in Andalusia. The IUCN - Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation (IUCN-Med) in collaboration with the Consejería de Medio Ambiente y Ordenación del…
Story | 14 Oct, 2016
Future of Antarctic Marine Protected Areas at Risk
Efforts to adopt effective marine protected areas in the Southern Ocean, a global commons containing the world’s most pristine marine ecosystems, are being thwarted by political infighting and fishing interests.
Story | 04 Oct, 2016
The EU Overseas and BEST Consortium are pleased to share with you our latest BEST Newsletter 03
Story | 01 Oct, 2016
IUCN GMPP is happy to share with you its recently published Marine News issue 13
Story | 22 Sep, 2016
Pacific Islands show global leadership in oceans
The Pacific islands are united by their relationship with the world’s largest ocean – and by the global threat of the climate crisis which brings with it rising sea levels, saltwater intrusion, coastal inundation, increases in sea surface temperature and ocean acidification. This, plus…
Story | 10 Sep, 2016
Europe Overseas have bypassed Aichi target with 16% of their marine areas under protection
The EU Overseas [1] have reached and bypassed the target of marine protected areas (MPAs) set down in the Aichi 2010 declaration- a globally agreed target.