Press release | 04 Dec, 2010
Bring back lost and degraded forests, says IUCN
Preliminary analysis shows that an estimated 1.5 billion hectares of the world’s lost and degraded forests, an area almost the size of Russia, could be restored. This is the result of the latest global research, which now needs to be expanded at a national level to identify specific on the…
Story | 02 Dec, 2010
Policy Matters: Edition 17 now out
Policy Matters 17, November 2010 - Exploring the Right to Diversity in Conservation Law, Policy, and Practice" The 17th issue of Policy Matters, the CEESP journal, was released in October at the 10th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Convention on Biological…
Story | 02 Dec, 2010
'Lives of the Forest' is a new video created by indigenous activists from across the Asia Pacific region exploring the likely impacts of the UN's REDD programme on indigenous resources and lifestyles. It was created during a participatory video facilitator training in Ifugao (Philippines) by…
Story | 02 Dec, 2010
'Los Derechos de la Pachamama'
'Los Derechos de la Pachamama' is an emotional and inspiring video that was created as a joint project between five indigenous communities in Peru with the message: 'We wish from out hearts that these rights we are proposing will be added to and that people across the world…
Story | 01 Dec, 2010
International scientists track endangered whale to discover breeding grounds
A team of scientists from Russia and the United States has successfully tagged and is tracking by satellite an individual from one of the world’s most endangered whale populations – a western gray whale - off the coast of Russia’s Sakhalin Island. IUCN has been involved in the tagging and…
Story | 01 Dec, 2010
CEESP SEAPRISE Members Clive Wicks and Sandra Kloff and Paul Siegel have just published a best practice guide 'Extractive Industries and sustainable development'. Available in English and French.
Story | 30 Nov, 2010
Conservation & Human Rights – CIHR Scoping Meeting on Key Issues 2-3 Nov 2010
To further learning on human rights issues in conservation contexts, the Conservation Initiative on Human Rights (CIHR) hosted a scoping meeting from 2-3 November 2010, at WWF-US (Washington, DC) and BirdLife International (Cambridge, UK).
Story | 29 Nov, 2010
Workshop assesses IUCN's strategy for sustainable bioenergy
November 22-24 Doris Cellarius attended a 3-day meeting at IUCN in Gland, Switzerland, as a representative of CEESP to assist in defining IUCN's vision for sustainable bioenergy. The meeting was designed to build stronger linkages between the IUCN Secretariat, its regional offices,…
Story | 29 Nov, 2010
"The 17th issue of Policy Matters, the CEESP journal, was released in October at the 10th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity in Nagoya, Japan. This issue of Policy Matters is titled, "Exploring the Right to Diversity in Conservation Law, Policy…
Story | 29 Nov, 2010
'Economics and Ecosystems demonstrates how the concepts of economic efficiency, sustainability and equity can be applied in ecosystem management. The book presents an overview of these three concepts, a framework for their analysis and modelling, and three case studies.