Story | 11 Oct, 2018
Western gray whales at great risk from salmon nets – IUCN-backed study
Gland, Switzerland (IUCN) - A new IUCN-backed scientific article published today finds that threatened western gray whales are at “very high risk” of entanglement in coastal salmon nets near Russia’s Sakhalin island, which often leads to their injury or death. This…
Story | 10 Oct, 2018
Gland, Switzerland, and Greenwood Village, Colorado, USA – IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, and Newmont Mining Corporation (NYSE: NEM) (Newmont or the Company) have established a three-year collaborative agreement to…
Story | 10 Oct, 2018
WCEL announces a new national report by Ezequiel Santagada, Deforestación: Los bancos como “actores olvidados” pero determinantes para prevenir la criminalidad ambiental y contribuir al desarrollo sustentable del Paraguay (Deforestation: Banks as "forgotten actors" but determinants to prevent…
Story | 09 Oct, 2018
The Biodiversity in Protected Areas Management (BIOPAMA) Program is leveraging its network of protected areas (PA) managers, conservationists, researchers, and associated multilateral agencies operating in the same sphere, to undertake the first State of Protected A
Story | 09 Oct, 2018
Farming that works with nature is better for all - report
Agriculture plays a crucial role in European society, securing the production of sufficient and safe food and sustaining viable rural communities. But, as a new IUCN report shows, agriculture depends on nature, for soil fertility, water, pollination, pest control, amongst other services.
Story | 09 Oct, 2018
Illegal wildlife trade endangers plants — but few are listening
At this week’s international Illegal Wildlife Trade Conference in London – plants - some of the world’s most trafficked and endangered wildlife aren’t on the agenda.
Story | 09 Oct, 2018
Austrian EU presidency presents its environmental priorities at IUCN Europe
On 4 October 2018, IUCN hosted a reception with the Austrian government on its environmental priorities during its term in office as the presidency of the Council of the European Union.
Story | 08 Oct, 2018
CEESP Member Accomplishments - Fall 2018
We would like to highlight recent professional achievements made by our accomplished CEESP members!
Story | 08 Oct, 2018
CEESP News - by Dr. Helen Schneider, Flora and Fauna International
The University of Cambridge has launched an online tool to help conservationists identify how biodiversity projects can contribute to the SDG targets. The tool draws on the experiences of Birdlife International…
Story | 08 Oct, 2018
Tanzania National Technical Committee on Land Use Planning re-launched and capacitated
The National Technical Committee on Land Use Planning (NTCLUP) was re-launched during a 2.5 day capacity building workshop held on 5th to 7th September, 2018, at Edema Conference, in Morogoro, Tanzania. The Technical Committee is composed of 15 members representing different sectors and drawn…