Story | 06 Aug, 2018
IUCN Sri Lanka partners with ChildFund to build youth capacity on Eco-DRR
ChildFund, in collaboration with IUCN, is conducting a special project on ecosystem-based, youth-led disaster risk reduction (Eco-DRR).
Story | 06 Aug, 2018
IUCN, in partnership with the Governments of Austria, Italy, Luxembourg, and Spain recently supported Sirubai Voko Tribe Association, with a solar project.
Story | 05 Aug, 2018
John Knox finishes historic mandate as Special Rapporteur on the Environment and Human Rights
Professor John Knox recently finished his historic mandate as the first United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment.
Story | 03 Aug, 2018
Eco Foro Global in China centred on green development with ecology as priority
More than 2,400 political and business representatives and experts from over 30 countries and regions participated in the Eco Global Forum Annual Conference, held 6-8 July in Guiyang, capital of Guizhou province in southwest China.
Story | 03 Aug, 2018
WCEL Members Engage with Global Pact for the Environment
WCEL Members have played significant roles in advancing the Pact since the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 72/277 "Towards a Global Pact for the Environment." WCEL Members continue to actively engage in developing the Global Pact in numerous capacities.
Story | 03 Aug, 2018
The Sarayaku people present a declaration to preserve the territory and nature
The Kawsak Sacha (Living Forest) declaration is universal and proposes a legal recognition of the call for territorial rights and of Pachamama, as necessary and essential for the balance of the planet and the…
Story | 03 Aug, 2018
Myanmar starts work on a national Red List
On July 23-27, 70 of Myanmar’s top species experts gathered at the Forest Research Institute in Yezin, near Nay Pyi Taw, to take important steps in the development of a National Red List of Threatened Species.
Story | 02 Aug, 2018
Updates on ‘Other effective area-based conservation measures’
In July, governments at the 22nd meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Science, Technology and Technological Advice (SBSTTA22) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) agreed a draft decision on 'Protected Areas and Other Effective Area-Based…
Story | 02 Aug, 2018
2018 SEAMEO - Japan Education for Sustainable Development Award
Competition for educational organisations in Southeast Asian countries - Submission deadline: 3 September 2018.
Story | 02 Aug, 2018
Taghi Farvar – our collective memory
As many of you will now know, we are mourning the passing of our long-term friend and colleague, Taghi - Dr. Mohammed Taghi Farvar, who died on 16 July 2018. Most of those who know him are struggling even to contemplate a world…