Story | 22 Aug, 2019
Assessing the Management Effectiveness of the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site through R-METT
From June 24th to June 27th 2019, IUCN Lao PDR facilitated a participatory assessment in Savannakhet Province, to evaluate the management effectiveness of the Ramsar designated Xe Champhone Wetland. The assessment was carried out using the Ramsar Management…
Story | 22 Aug, 2019
New UN Report on Climate Change and Land – and the Role of Environmental Law
By Christina Voigt, Chair of the Climate Change Specialist Group, WCEL - On 7 August 2019, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published its newest Special Report on Climate Change, Desertification, Land Degradation, Sustainable Land Management, Food Security, and Greenhouse gas…
Publication | 2019
Within a landscape of overlapping ecological, social and economic priorities, there exists a fundamental need to balance the land use dynamics of natural resource management with environmental and livelihood considerations. However, in striving to reach such a balance, people and local…
Story | 21 Aug, 2019
Exploring social development, governance, and wellbeing at the IUCN Oceania Regional Forum
CEESP News: by Dr Lea Scherl and Elise Huffer (CEESP Regional Vice Chair, Oceania).
Side event by CEESP members at the IUCN Oceania Regional Forum looked at the issues of Social Development, Governance, and Wellbeing in Natural Resource Management
Story | 21 Aug, 2019
Community involvement: the key to successful Tiger conservation
People of the forests have lived alongside tigers for generations, where they share the landscape, prey species, water and space. Together they have developed a bond based on mutual respect and understanding that has spanned history.
Story | 21 Aug, 2019
Action for Buna - Call for proposals
Living Buna project partners are calling interested residents of the Buna River Velipoja Protected Landscape to submit their ideas to receive funding for projects that would benefit socio-economic development and ecosystem restoration of the area. The ultimate goal of the Call is to contribute…
Story | 21 Aug, 2019
IUCN’s “Close the Plastic Tap” Programme at World Water Week
World Water Week, which has become the central hub for the global water community, is taking place in Stockholm, Sweden, from 25 to 30 September 2019. This year’s theme is “Water for society – Including all” and IUCN will be joining dedicated…
Story | 20 Aug, 2019
Call for contributions: Human-Wildlife Conflict and Coexistence Conference 2020
CEESP News:
The website for the International Conference on Human-Wildlife Conflict and Coexistence on 1-3 April 2020 in Oxford is now live at www.hwcconference.org - and with it the Call for Contributions, which will be open until 30 September 2019.
The IUCN Species Survival…
Story | 19 Aug, 2019
The incidental capture of vulnerable species in fishing gear (also known as ‘bycatch') is a key threat in the Mediterranean Sea for several taxonomic groups, including sea turtles, seabirds, marine mammals, cartilaginous fishes as well as corals and sponges. The term ‘bycatch’ is used to refer…