Story | 23 Oct, 2019
Recognition and reward for five outstanding conservationists, at Lima CAPLAC III congress
In this article we highlight these five champions of protected areas, presented by IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas at a ceremony in Peru during the third Latin American and Caribbean Protected Areas Congress.
Story | 23 Oct, 2019
“The forest fires currently raging in the Amazon are sparked by climate change,”
stated the renowned Amazonian climate scientist Dr. Luis Campos Baca, of the Universidad Nacional de la Amazonia Peruana, in his opening address to The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and Andes-Amazon…
Story | 23 Oct, 2019
The world of protected areas in one book, now in Spanish
The entirety of protected area management and governance has been available in one book since the IUCN World Parks Congress 2014, in Sydney. The Spanish version of this publication, 'Protected Area Governance and Management’, was launched in Lima, on 15 October 2019, at the third Latin American…
Story | 22 Oct, 2019
New IUCN and REV Ocean strategic partnership to fill key ocean knowledge gaps
Oslo, 22 October 2019 – REV Ocean and IUCN sign an agreement to focus on cooperation in developing marine expeditions, joint research projects, investigating ocean/climate change impacts and coordinating policy and communication material. Oslo, 22 October 2019 – REV…
Story | 22 Oct, 2019
محمية الجهراء بصمه كويتيه على قائمة الاتحاد الدولي لصون الطبيعه نحو مستقبل اخضر
محمية الجهراء بصمه كويتيه على قائمة الاتحاد الدولي لصون الطبيعه نحو مستقبل اخضر
Story | 20 Oct, 2019
First assessment of Ecological Footprint in Mediterranean ecotourism packages
Thanks to the Interreg-MED-funded project DestiMED, Mediterranean protected areas have been able to measure and manage the Ecological Footprint of their ecotourism packages. Food has been found to be the highest contributor and primary component to adjust the ecological impact in all packages.…
Story | 18 Oct, 2019
Exchange of experiences: Nature-based Solutions
An exchange of experiences on the implementation of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) in several countries, took place during the III Latin America and the Caribbean Protected Areas Congress (III CAPLAC)
Story | 18 Oct, 2019
On 8 October 2019, IUCN and the Finnish Presidency of the Council of the EU, with the support of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, organised a reception at the Museum of Natural Sciences in Brussels, focusing on…
Story | 18 Oct, 2019
Keeping the dialogue between farmers and environmentalists alive for a greener CAP
In collaboration with DG Agriculture of the European Commission, IUCN organised the third edition of the Round tables on the Green Architecture of…
Grey literature | 2019
Water, energy and food security nexus in Jordan, Lebanon and Tunisia
This study is aimed at the assessment of current policies as well as regulatory and legal frameworks on renewable energy and energy efficiency, water management, the food security nexus and sustainable development in the countries of Jordan, Lebanon and Tunisia. It also closely considers climate…