Grey literature | 2017
The Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions cooperate to protect human health and the environment from the negative effects of hazardous pollutants. This Environment and Gender Information (EGI) platform analysis explores how women are represented as delegates to the Conferences of the…
Story | 20 Oct, 2017
IUCN appoints Dr. Juha Siikamäki as Chief Economist
CEESP News - by Seline Meijer
IUCN has appointed Dr. Juha Siikamäki as IUCN’s Chief Economist, effective 1 October 2017. Juha is based in Washington DC and will lead the IUCN Economics Unit within the Science and Economic Knowledge Team.
In fulfilling the Chief Economist mandate…
Story | 20 Oct, 2017
Two key publications from the IUCN WCPA Best Practice Protected Area Guidelines Series, Governance of Protected Areas, and Urban Protected Areas, have been translated into Portuguese, with the support of the Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, the German Society for…
Publication | 2017
Ecosystems protecting infrastructure and communities
Despite increasing recognition of the importance of ecosystem-based approaches for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation, implementation remains mostly underdeveloped worldwide. Lack of knowledge on the implementation process present an important barrier. This publication…
Story | 19 Oct, 2017
Conservation policy in the spotlight
In her pursuit to build effective conservation policy and management, WCPA member Martine Maron from the University of Queensland, Australia is currently researching compensatory conservation and the controversial example of biodiversity offsets. Our interview with Martine focuses on her current…
Story | 19 Oct, 2017
IUCN and global energy company Enel to develop biodiversity best practices
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the global power company Enel have signed a one-year agreement aimed at strengthening the company’s biodiversity action plans across a diverse range of energy facilities as well as its global reporting.
Story | 18 Oct, 2017
Call for Abstracts on Environmental Peacebuilding session - by October 25
CEESP News - by Britta Sjöstedt, Faculty of Law, Lund University, Sweden
Story | 18 Oct, 2017
Ensuring gender considerations in the management of hazardous chemicals and wastes through the Gender Action Plan of the Secretariat of the BRS Conventions
Story | 18 Oct, 2017
Celebrating International Vulture Awareness Day - Tata Steel Zoological Park at Jamshedpur, India
CEESP News - by Dr Hishmi Jamil Husain, Head Environment & Forest Management, Tata Steel Limited