Story | 03 Apr, 2018
CEESP News: by FARN - Environment and Natural Resources Foundation
After more than 6 years of intense meetings and negotiations, 24 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have adopted in San Jose, Costa Rica, the "Escazú Agreement", also known as Agreement on Principle 10. It…
Artículo | 08 Nov, 2017
Participación del Sector Público y Privado para la Conservación de la Agro biodiversidad
CEESP News - by Pierina Benites Alfaro
Pierina Benites Alfaro analiza las amenazas asociadas a la agro biodiversidad, así como los beneficios públicos y privados que se logran con su conservación. Se brinda algunas estrategias que pueden apoyar la conservación de la misma, en virtud de…
Story | 07 Nov, 2017
Public and Private Sector Engagement for Agrobiodiversity Conservation
CEESP NEWS - by Pierina Benites Alfaro
Agrobiodiversity (AGB) is defined as the diversity of plants and animals domesticated by man, which offers various beneficial environmental services both privately and publicly. Despite this, there has been a significant drop in AGB on a global…
Story | 12 Aug, 2017
A new Global Programme on Governance and Rights
CEESP NEWS - By Seline Meijer
The new IUCN 2017-2020 Programme strengthens its commitment to social justice, equity, transparency and inclusion by focusing one of its three key programme areas to ensure that “natural resource…
Story | 10 Aug, 2017
The Chairs of CEESP seek nominations/expressions of interest for the position of Regional Vice Chair in Meso and South America. Candidates for the Regional Vice Chair should preferably be familiar with CEESP, the Meso and South America and be committed to working cross-sectorally across…
Artículo | 10 Aug, 2017
Los presidentes de la CPAES buscan nominaciones o expresiones de interés por el cargo de vicepresidente regional para Mesoamérica y Sudamérica. Los candidatos a este cargo deben, de preferencia, estar familiarizados con la CPAES además de Mesoamérica y Sudamérica, y estar comprometidos a…
Press release | 22 Jun, 2017
Gland, Switzerland – IUCN former President, globally recognised environmentalist Yolanda Kakabadse, will Chair the new IUCN independent scientific and technical advisory panel on the restoration of the Rio Doce watershed in Brazil, following the 2015 collapse of the Fundão tailings dam at the…
Artículo | 27 Apr, 2017
UICN presenta su informe de actividades para los gobiernos de Perú y Ecuador
Áreas protegidas, conservación de los páramos, conservación con enfoque de género, gestión de recursos hídricos, cambio climático, gestión del riesgo, adaptación basada en ecosistemas son los temas abordados por los proyectos ejecutados por la UICN, en los dos países (12 en Perú, 9 en Ecuador),…
Story | 30 Mar, 2017
New IUCN-led independent scientific panel to support recovery of Rio Doce Basin in Brazil
IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, announced today that it is establishing an Independent Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (ISTAP) to support the recovery of the Rio Doce Basin and the affected communities, following…
Story | 08 Mar, 2017
Empowering women in water management - International Women's Day 2017
IUCN is committed to gender equality. To support International Women's Day, the Water Programme compiled some of their most recent efforts to empower women in decisions and actions for sustainable water management.