Story | 02 Nov, 2021
IUCN applauds decision to place climate finance in the hands of nature's most effective stewards
Glasgow, United Kingdom, 02 November 2021 (IUCN) – Today at the World Leaders Summit at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s 26th Conference of Parties (UNFCCC COP26), a landmark announcement was made by a coalition of governments and stakeholders across…
Story | 01 Nov, 2021
Understanding the multiple benefits of area-based conservation
CEESP News: by Nigel Dudley and Sue Stolton, Equilibrium Research *
Under current proposals from the Convention on Biological Diversity, a target is likely to be set for 30% of the world’s land surface to be set aside into protected and conserved areas. Over 60 countries have pledged to…
Story | 13 Sep, 2021
Women building power: activist stories, testimonies
Excerpt from the special issue of the CEESP publication Policy Matters, focusing on the stories and voices of environmental defenders; by WoMin African Alliance
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 | 05 Apr, 2021
New book: "Advanced Introduction to Community-based Conservation"
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…
Story | 05 Mar, 2021
Gland, Switzerland, 05 March 20201 (IUCN) – IUCN has called on governments to channel investments towards nature and nature-based solutions as part of their economic recovery packages to address the ongoing pandemic.
Article | 24 Feb, 2021
Comment mieux reconstruire après une pandémie?
De Kristen Walker Painemilla, Présidente de la UICN CPEES et Senior Vice Presidente de Conservation International's ' Center for Communities and Conservation'
La transformation, une reprise équitable accompagnée de justice sociale et le changement climatique sont tous intimement liés.…
Artículo | 23 Feb, 2021
¿Cómo reconstruir después de una pandemia?
By Kristen Walker Painemilla, Présidente de la UICN CPAES y Senior Vice Présidente de Conservation International's ' Center for Communities and Conservation'
La transformación, la recuperación equitativa con justicia social y el cambio climático están íntimamente entrelazados.
Story | 23 Feb, 2021
How Do We Build Back Better After a Pandemic?
By Kristen Walker Painemilla, Chair of the IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy & Senior Vice President of Conservation International's ' Center for Communities and Conservation'
Transformation, an equitable recovery with social justice, and climate change are…
Story | 19 Feb, 2021
Landscape architects combating ecosystem degradation
CEESP News by Tobiloba Akibo, Tunji Adejumo, Kharbal James Kaltho (CEESP-member) & Ibrahim Bala Girku *
The Society of Landscape Architects in Nigeria (SLAN) launced a lecture series with the theme “UN Decade of Ecological Restoration,”…