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Montreal, Canada, 12 December 2022 (IUCN) – The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has admitted 16 new sites in China, France, Mexico, Peru and Zambia to the IUCN Green List of Protected and Conserved Areas, the global standard recognising well governed and effectively…

CEESP News: Ritu Dhingra, IUCN CEESP Regional Vice Chair for South and East Asia.

Who will wear the burnt–the speechless lifeforms through no fault of their own? War always brings calamity and strife. When human beings, Homo sapiens, “The Wise Man,” and the most evolved species on this…

A video is now available of the public event held April 20, 2021, to celebrate the launch of the new CCRN book, co-published by IUCN-CEESP: Communities, Conservation and Livelihoods.  

CEESP News: by Fikret Berkes, University of Manitoba*

As more and more terrestrial and marine regions come under protected area status, the idea of community-based conservation becomes…

Noticias de la CPAES: por Fikret Berkes, Universidad de Manitoba*

Nouvelles du CEESP: par Fikret Berkes, Université du Manitoba*

CEESP News: by Fikret Berkes, University of Manitoba's Natural Resources Institute

The book is a synthesis of community-based conservation theory and practice, written as a textbook for university students and for international conservation practitioners. Berkes argues that biodiversity…

IUCN CEESP Virtual Dialogues to #BuildBackBetter

Faced with the deteriorating situation of environmental human rights defenders during the pandemic, how can the conservation community respond more effectively? Specifically, how can the IUCN Secretariat, membership networks and partner…

CEESP News: by Nigel Dudley of Equilibrium Research, and by Liza Zogib of DiversEarth, who is also Co-Chair of the CEESP Specialist Group on Religion, Spirituality, Environmental Conservation and Climate Justice

CEESP News - by Aroha Te Pareake Mead, CEESP Chair, 2008-2016

The work of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has direct relevance to CEESP at many different levels and offers some direct ways for CEESP members to engage.