Story | 13 Oct, 2017
Australian Environmental Lawyers call for Sea Country Reforms
CEESP News - by Hanna Jaireth, member of IUCN CEESP, WCEL, WCPA
One of the technical papers in a broad blueprint for the next generation of environmental laws in Australia calls for a more strategic national approach to marine and coastal governance, including nationally consistent laws…
Story | 11 Oct, 2017
Respect sacred Natural Sites to guarantee Human Rights, says new African Commission Resolution
CEESP News - by Fiona Wilton, The Gaia Foundation
Deep in Ethiopia's Rift Valley, a group of African custodians met in 2015 to discuss how to protect the continent's sacred natural sites and territories. Their voices were taken to the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights, where…
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…
Story | 09 Feb, 2017
CEESP News - by Christoph Weigl
Story | 03 Oct, 2016
Blog: 'Can’t see the water for the trees?' By James Dalton et al.
Originally published in Global Water Forum, Monday 3 October 2016. To maximise downstream water quantity, you remove vegetation – all of it, including the trees. To counter rising carbon dioxide levels, you plant trees – lots of them. How should we do both?
Story | 03 Aug, 2016
Tell us your water story and win a prize
Are you working in conservation? In forest, marine, climate change areas or others? Has water made an unexpected appearance in your work? Then we are looking for your story.
Story | 14 Apr, 2016
Exposing illegal trade in elephant tusks
Following a seizure of ivory, a suspected illegal trader has been sentenced to imprisonment. Paul de Ornellas of the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), a grantee with IUCN’s SOS initiative, explains how ZSL helped expose the crime.
Artículo | 22 Mar, 2016
Blog Día Mundial del Agua: Por qué es buen negocio invertir en infraestructura hídrica natural
Blog de Renat Heuberger, Director General del Grupo South Pole, y Mark Smith, Director del Programa Mundial de Agua de la UICN. ¿Por qué un grupo de banqueros y gestores de fondos pasó toda una tarde en un café de Zúrich hablado de la naturaleza? Por las oportunidades y la innovación.
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Article | 22 Mar, 2016
Ecrit par Renat Heuberger, PDG du groupe South Pole, et de Mark Smith, directeur du Programme mondial de l’eau de l’UICN. Pourquoi un groupe de banquiers et de gestionnaires de fonds s’est-il réuni un après-midi à Zurich dans un café pour parler de la nature? Pour parler d’…
Story | 01 Feb, 2016
World Wetlands Day: Wetlands & Sustainable Livelihoods
Each year, 2 February marks World Wetlands Day, to celebrate our planet’s wetlands but also to draw attention to the challenges that their degradation brings.