Story | 29 Oct, 2018
MARPLASTICCs workshops guide pilot initiatives to tackle plastic pollution in Thailand and Viet Nam
Marine plastic pollution is a global problem which needs to be tackled at the national level, using methods that are appropriate for the context of each country.
Story | 29 Oct, 2018
Third SMM stakeholders’ workshop, September 25 - 26, 2018, Kisumu, Kenya
IUCN, UNECE and IGAD Secretariat with funding from OES US State Department and SDC supported the Third SMM stakeholders’ workshop held from September 25-26, 2018 in Kisumu, Kenya.
Story | 29 Oct, 2018
Fijian appointed Director of IUCN’s Global Ecosystem Management Programme
IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, the world’s largest environment network, has appointed Fiji national Radhika Murti as one of its youngest directors.
Story | 26 Oct, 2018
Reyna Amparo Meléndez Ochoa y Rosa Alba Mérida Monterrosa, del Ejido Alpujarras de Cacahoatán en Chiapas sacan adelante a su familia con las frutas y verduras que venden en los tianguis, tras tomar medidas de Adaptación basada en Ecosistemas (AbE) para diversificar…
Story | 25 Oct, 2018
Empowering and strengthening community participation in natural resource management in Ghana
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in collaboration with the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources (MLNR), the Green Livelihood Alliance (A Rocha Ghana, Tropenbos Ghana, Friends of the Earth Ghana), SNV, IUCN, Mondelez International Cocoa Life Program and the Shared Resources…
Story | 24 Oct, 2018
Urgenda Climate Change Judgment Survives Appeal in the Netherlands
By Jonathan Verschuuren - On 9 October 2018, the Dutch Court of Appeal in The Hague rendered its judgment in the Urgenda case.
Story | 24 Oct, 2018
Future Wetland Guardians of the Seychelles
Wetlands are extremely important. However, in the Seychelles, many people refer to wetlands as marshes, which is perceived as synonymous to dirty water.
Story | 23 Oct, 2018
WCEL Oceans, Coasts and Coral Reefs Specialist Group: Update October 2018
The Oceans, Coasts and Coral Reefs Specialist Group has published its report in a series highlighting ongoing work under each WCEL Specialist Group.
Story | 22 Oct, 2018
Wetlands, precious but not prized
The findings from the recent Ramsar Global Wetland Outlook report were sobering: wetlands, the world’s most valuable ecosystems, are disappearing three times faster than forests.
Story | 21 Oct, 2018
WCEL announces a new regional report by Clement Yow Mulalap, A Pivotal Point in Human History: The Use of the Law of the Sea and Related Fields of International Law and Processes by Pacific Small Island Developing States to Address “Pollution” of the Ocean from Excess Anthropogenic Greenhouse…