Story | 08 Jan, 2021
Chakay - the Mexican MPA experience of sustainable ecolabeling and traceability
Achieving Sustainability Principles and applying the Criteria for Management and Eco-labelling in fishing and touristic activities in the in the Mexican Caribbean, specifically in the Sian Ka’an and Banco Chinchorro Biosphere Reserves has been a complex yet very interesting process.
This…
Story | 04 Jan, 2021
Quebec meets UN Convention’s Terrestrial Protected Area Target of 17%
The total area of the province of Quebec, Canada is 1,668 Million square km, larger than countries such as Iran, Peru, and South Africa. On December 17, 2020, the Premier of Quebec François Legault and the Environment and Climate Change Minister Benoît…
Story | 14 Dec, 2020
5th International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC5) is on, new dates announced.
The new dates for IMPAC5, Vancouver, Canada, have been announced: 3-9 February, 2023. Co-hosts IUCN and the Canadian Government, together with the international committee for IMPAC5, invite you to prepare.
Press release | 02 Dec, 2020
Climate change now top threat to natural World Heritage – IUCN report
Gland, Switzerland, 2 December 2020 (IUCN) – Climate change is now the biggest threat to natural World Heritage, according to a report published today by IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature). A third (33%) of natural World Heritage sites are threatened by…
Comunicado de prensa | 02 Dec, 2020
Gland, Suiza, 2 de diciembre de 2020 (UICN) – Según un informe que publica hoy la UICN (Unión Internacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza), el cambio climático es actualmente la mayor amenaza para el Patrimonio Mundial natural. Un tercio (33%) de los sitios del Patrimonio Mundial natural…
Communiqué de presse | 02 Dec, 2020
Gland, Suisse, 2 décembre 2020 (UICN) - Le changement climatique est désormais la principale menace au Patrimoine mondial naturel, selon un rapport publié aujourd’hui par l’UICN (Union internationale pour la conservation de la nature). Un tiers (33%) des sites naturels du Patrimoine mondial sont…
Story | 30 Oct, 2020
Moving forward on lobster fishery means addressing access and conservation
CEESP News: by Tony Charles*. Originally published on Policy Options, October 28, 2020
The situation unfolding in the Nova Scotia lobster fishery raises larger questions around who holds decision-making power over this natural resource.
Story | 15 Oct, 2020
Spotlight on two new IUCN Member organisations: Gallifrey Foundation and ConservationX Labs
The IUCN is a powerful union of members from government and civil society organisations. Twenty-eight new member organisations have recently become part of that union.
We asked two of our new members about their separate journeys to marine conservation successes and current goals. Here…
Story | 08 Sep, 2020
Dear Colleagues and Friends,
It is with great personal sadness that we announce the death of Dr. Biliana Cicin-Sain. Our beloved leader and friend passed away last Tuesday, 1 September 2020 as a result of lung cancer.
Artículo | 07 Aug, 2020
En todo el mundo, la propagación de la pandemia COVID-19 ha revelado y profundizado los patrones existentes de desigualdad social y vulnerabilidad. En particular, los pueblos indígenas se enfrentan a efectos desproporcionados y graves, lo que refleja las disparidades de larga data en los…