Story | 13 Oct, 2021
Plankton are the superstars of the ocean and MAPMAKER is the tool that follows them
Without marine plankton our planet would be a different place. Future projections and impact metrics of plankton diversity around the world are now able to be seen graphically through the MAPMAKER tool. MAPMAKER's new visualisation tools allow data-driven decision-making on marine biodiversity…
Story | 13 Sep, 2021
New Chair of IUCN WCEL: Prof. Dr. Christina Voigt
The International Union for Conservation of Nature’s World Conservation Congress in Marseille, France, elected Professor Dr. Christina Voigt as new Chair for the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law.
Story | 06 Aug, 2021
International Symposium on Environmental Law
On Thursday 2 September and Friday 3 September, 2021, the Normandie Chair for Peace (NCP), International Council of Environmental Law (ICEL), and IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL) will host the International Symposium on Environmental Law “Peace…
Story | 02 Jul, 2021
Inaugural IUCN Oceania Environmental Law Congress
Suva, Fiji 14 to 16 July 2021
Story | 19 Jun, 2021
Environmental Liability and Biodiversity Webinar
Friday 25 June, 2021 16:00-18:00 CEST
Story | 31 May, 2021
31 May - 4 June 2021
Today's webinar : Climate Change and the Law: Dynamics between Legislation and Litigation
Press release | 28 Apr, 2021
Sustainable management of natural resources can reduce risk of armed conflict – IUCN report
Gland, Switzerland, 28 April 2021 (IUCN) – Countries where natural resources such as agricultural land and water become scarce or degraded tend to be more conflict-prone, a new IUCN report finds. The report concludes that conserving and sustainably managing natural resources…
Story | 22 Feb, 2021
One-third of freshwater fish face extinction, warns new report
A new report ‘The World’s Forgotten Fishes’ reveals the extraordinary variety of freshwater fish. This variety accounts for over half of all the world’s fish species and is essential to the health of the world’s rivers, lakes and wetlands and well-being of societies and economies across the…