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Blog | 20 Jun, 2023
La UICN, Unión Internacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza, celebra la adopción por consenso del Tratado de Biodiversidad de Alta Mar* el 19 de junio en Nueva York, por todos los Estados miembros de las Naciones Unidas, y analiza lo qué debe suceder a continuación…
News | 26 Jun, 2023
Who is assigned to protect Antarctic ecosystems and their famous fauna? Latest news
The body responsible for the protection of Antarctica’s precious life, The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), has just completed a special meeting in Santiago, Chile. IUCN participated as an observer promoting independent science and urging delegates…
Blog | 20 Jun, 2023
IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, celebrates the adoption by consensus of the High Seas Biodiversity Treaty*, 19 June, New York UN, by all United Nations member states, and looks to what needs to happen next for momentum to be maintained.…
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 | 17 Aug, 2017
Members of the WCEL Oceans, Coasts and Coral Reefs Specialist Group contributed to a milestone in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea through their participation in the two-year process of developing recommendations for conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in…
Story | 25 Jan, 2015
In the early hours of a snowy Saturday morning in New York, United Nations delegates took a historic step towards safeguarding the global ocean commons. Government representatives at a UN meeting agreed to launch a formal preparatory process for a global and legally-binding instrument for the…
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