Story | 04 Jun, 2021
IUCN recommends two biodiversity sites in Georgia and Japan for the World Heritage List
IUCN, the official advisor on nature to UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee, recommends two new inscriptions on the prestigious World Heritage List for sites in Georgia and Japan. Both places harbour a rich diversity of plant and animal species, many of which cannot be found anywhere else on Earth…
Story | 28 May, 2021
Report: Mainstreaming Blue Nature-Based Solutions into Infrastructure Finance
The challenge is massive – to swiftly move away from a business-as-usual financing approach largely tailored to generating and perpetuating infrastructure that is both grey and vulnerable, towards blue finance solutions. This new report looks at efforts by different Multilateral Development…
Story | 27 May, 2021
The ocean and the UNFCCC Global Stocktake: What does this mean?
What the ocean means to the Global Stocktake (GST) has been analysed by multiple conservation organisations in this new report. The conclusion? The ocean, as a central part in the Earth's climate system, must also be central to the UNFCCC’s GST.
Story | 28 Apr, 2021
Gender & fisheries: Equality vs equity
CEESP News: by Sangeeta Mangubhai, Wildlife Conservation Society *
Gender experts frequently talk about gender equality and gender equity, and although they sound familiar and are related terms, they have different meanings. Understanding these two terms is critical for a fair, just and…
Story | 13 Apr, 2021
New Marine Protected Areas MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) now open
The IUCN Programme on African Protected Areas & Conservation is launching a new MOOC on Marine protected areas (MPAs). This new course will complement other courses on protected areas already available, such as Protected areas management in Africa, Ecological…
Story | 18 Mar, 2021
Viet Nam develops action plan on reducing plastic waste of fisheries sector
On 5 February 2021, the Viet Nam Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) issued the Decision 687/QD-BNN-TCTS to approve the action plan on marine plastic waste management in the fisheries sector (2020 – 2030). The Decision has received high appreciation from relevant stakeholders as…
Story | 11 Feb, 2021
Plastics: mitigating their environmental, health and human rights impacts
CEESP News: By Patricia Parkinson, Director, Environmental Law Oceania *
A new global governance regime for plastics is needed to mitigate their environmental, health and human rights impacts, especially in the Pacific 'Large Ocean Small Islands Developing States' - A tale of flooding…
Story | 09 Feb, 2021
Why are glaciers important and how can we protect them?
Listen to Jean-Baptiste Bosson as he shares his passion for the planet’s icy giants at a talk organised by TEDxZürich in December 2020.
Story | 04 Feb, 2021
MedBycatch 2 - Working together to reduce bycatch in the Mediterranean
Based on the experience gained in Morocco, Tunisia and Turkey during the Medbycatch phase 1 (2017-2020), MedBycatch 2 will expand the geographical scope of the project to include Croatia and Italy France and Spain will also be included in policy and advocacy activities.
Story | 03 Feb, 2021
In 2020 and within the framework of the Plastic Waste Free Islands project, Searious Business consultants collaborated with the IUCN and Asia Pacific Waste Consultants (APWC) to determine the plastic waste pathways across the life cycle of different plastic types within the tourism, fisheries…