Story | 24 2月, 2021
For renewable energy projects, location is key to protect biodiversity - IUCN guidelines
Gland, Switzerland, 24 February 2021 (IUCN) – By planning solar and wind renewable energy projects in areas with a lower conservation priority, project developers can avoid the most severe potential negative impacts on biodiversity, according to…
Story | 24 2月, 2021
Our world and our ocean are awash in plastic waste. Reducing plastic consumption, increasing recycling and reuse of plastic products into a circular economy – including promoting the economic value of plastics, and support for research and innovation to develop new products to replace…
Story | 23 2月, 2021
During this week’s United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA5), there is a focus on marine plastic pollution which continues the discussions that began at UNEA 1 in 2014. In order to mitigate plastic pollution, countries need to be able to identify where and how the plastic pollution…
Story | 10 2月, 2021
Pan-African Response to COVID-19: New Forms of Environmental Peacebuilding Emerge
CEESP News: by By Ousseyni Kalilou, Elaine (Lan Yin) Hsiao & Fakunle Aremu *
Early predictions about COVID-19’s impacts on Africa suggested that the continent would be a disaster zone marked by weak medical systems collapsing under strain and undemocratic states failing to provide…
Story | 01 2月, 2021
Paving the road to the green economic development in the Buna Delta
IUCN and Living Buna partners are encouraging sustainable socio-economic development in north Albania, by focusing on the ecosystem and habitat restoration through the community based actions, in an area of 23,000 ha of the Buna Delta.
Story | 27 1月, 2021
MEDARTSALT call for proposals - small grants for artisanal salinas in the Mediterranean
Salinas across Mediterranean are today facing many pressures due to social values change and economic stresses; the market of their products is subject to strong competition from cheaper land-produced salt and the world trade.
Artículo | 27 1月, 2021
MEDARTSAL: Abierta convocatoria - subvenciones para salinas artesanales en el Mediterráneo
Las salinas en todo el Mediterráneo se enfrentan hoy a muchas presiones debido al cambio de valores sociales, las tensiones económicas del mercado global en la comercialización de sus productos y la fuerte competencia con las salinas de gran…
Story | 22 1月, 2021
The Plastic Waste Free Islands project 2020 update: key progress made over the last year
Our 2020 update overview gives highlights of advancements made whilst dealing with the reality of having to adapt to unexpected events and uncertainties during a difficult year. The overview shows the Plastic Waste Free Islands project team and implementing partners'…
Story | 14 12月, 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.
Comunicado de prensa | 27 10月, 2020
Más de 200.000 toneladas de plástico se vierten al Mediterráneo cada año - Estudio de la UICN
Gland, 27 de octubre de 2020 (UICN). – Un nuevo informe de UICN, publicado hoy, revela que unas 229.000 toneladas de plástico se vierten al Mar Mediterráneo cada año, el equivalente a más de 500 contenedores de transporte al día. A menos que se tomen medidas significativas para…