Story | 23 Jun, 2021
Investment from a new "blended" finance facility will allow Turneffe Atoll Sustainability Association (TASA), to use the incoming funds to implement a number of sustainable, revenue-generating initiatives while enhancing the protection of 132,000 hectares of spectacular coral reef ecosystems.…
Story | 19 Jun, 2021
Environmental Liability and Biodiversity Webinar
Friday 25 June, 2021 16:00-18:00 CEST
Story | 15 Jun, 2021
Launch of new website on Water Law, Governance and Diplomacy
There is nothing quite as important as water for nature integrity, human health and sustainable development. Our own survival depends on it, this is a universally accepted truth. How to manage water equitably and reasonably, especially across borders, however is not so clear-cut.
Story | 15 Jun, 2021
IUCN, SEARCA ink partnership to enhance regional cooperation on agriculture and nature conservation
The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) formalized its agreement with IUCN through its Asia Regional Office in Bangkok, Thailand to cooperate on training programmes, scholarships, and…
Story | 08 Jun, 2021
World Oceans Day 2021: a new opportunity for law to step up
World Oceans Day is here again and this year seems to be as meaningful as it is challenging for ocean governance. Never before has the connection between nature and human health been more evident for our generations. The effects of the pandemic, both positive and negative, have been portrayed by…
Story | 07 Jun, 2021
Ocean Acidification: The what, where, how, why and what next on this major ocean issue
In the last 200 years, the ocean has taken up around 30% of all CO2 emissions and this absorption has altered the production of calcium carbonate in oceanic waters, causing the phenomenon known as Ocean Acidification (OA). Our new web story provides a high-level look at all impacts of this…
Story | 31 May, 2021
31 May - 4 June 2021
Today's webinar : Climate Change and the Law: Dynamics between Legislation and Litigation
Story | 30 May, 2021
Understanding climate threats to communities in Siphandone wetland—Lao PDR’s “four thousand islands”
From February to April 2021, WWF Laos, representatives from Champasak University, government agencies, and community members collected data on the climate impacts on the Siphandone wetland. The preliminary results of the Climate Change Vulnerability…
Story | 30 May, 2021
Supported by a small grant from the Mekong WET project, the Culture and Environment Preservation Association (CEPA) in Cambodia is supporting local managers to enhance fisheries management in Stung Treng Ramsar Site. The “Mekong Broodstock…
Story | 28 May, 2021
Impacts of COVID-19 and Climate Change on Indigenous Peoples: a Virtual Dialogue
CEESP Virtual Dialogue on the Impacts of COVID-19 and Climate Change on Indigenous Peoples
IUCN CEESP and the Specialist Group on Indigenous Peoples, Customary & Environmental Laws & Human Rights (SPICEH) discussed the status of Indigenous Peoples in the face of climate change…