Grey literature | 2022
This compilation brief is composed of three studies on the economic impacts of plastic pollution on tourism and fisheries in Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, and Saint Lucia, estimating direct costs for the economy of each island. Governments of these islands have started to recognise the impacts…
Grey literature | 2022
The economic impact of plastic pollution in Antigua and Barbuda
This economic brief shows the estimated impact of marine plastic pollution on fisheries and tourism in Antigua and Barbuda. Marine plastic pollution can generate significant economic costs in the form of gross domestic product (GDP) reductions, estimated at up to US$7 billion (globally) for 2018…
Story | 09 Mar, 2022
UNEA Resolution - ‘End Plastic Pollution’ - and IUCN role in implementation of the Treaty
The new UNEA Resolution, ‘End Plastic Pollution: Towards a legally binding instrument’, establishes an Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee that will develop the specific content of the new plastic pollution treaty with the aim of completing its work by the end…
Press release | 02 Dec, 2020
Climate change now top threat to natural World Heritage – IUCN report
Gland, Switzerland, 2 December 2020 (IUCN) – Climate change is now the biggest threat to natural World Heritage, according to a report published today by IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature). A third (33%) of natural World Heritage sites are threatened by…
Comunicado de prensa | 02 Dec, 2020
Gland, Suiza, 2 de diciembre de 2020 (UICN) – Según un informe que publica hoy la UICN (Unión Internacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza), el cambio climático es actualmente la mayor amenaza para el Patrimonio Mundial natural. Un tercio (33%) de los sitios del Patrimonio Mundial natural…
Communiqué de presse | 02 Dec, 2020
Gland, Suisse, 2 décembre 2020 (UICN) - Le changement climatique est désormais la principale menace au Patrimoine mondial naturel, selon un rapport publié aujourd’hui par l’UICN (Union internationale pour la conservation de la nature). Un tiers (33%) des sites naturels du Patrimoine mondial sont…
Story | 04 Feb, 2020
The Marine Plastic Footprint report: calculating the millions of tonnes that end up in the oceans
In The Marine Plastic Footprint, Joao Sousa of IUCN introduces new measures to understand and calculate the frightening leakage of plastic into the marine environment - by following its movement through every stage from production to waste to final destination.
Three integrated case…
Story | 05 Dec, 2019
Assurance for the IUCN Green List sustainability standard is required
IUCN is now seeking to secure our assurance provider for the Green List through the next quadrennial period, 2020 to 2024. The Assurance Provider would help maintain and deliver a credible and transparent evaluation process and governance framework for the IUCN Green List.
Story | 30 Oct, 2019
Promoting knowledge and supporting actions for a protected planet in the Caribbean
Thirteen professionals voiced the Caribbean perspectives, knowledge and actions for a protected planet in the Caribbean, at the third Congress on Protected Areas for Latin America and the Caribbean (CAPLAC III), held in Lima, Peru, 14-17 October 2019.
Story | 29 Oct, 2019
Caribbean and Latin American voices were raised and heard during CAPLAC III, the third Latin American and Caribbean Protected Areas Congress. By the close, these voices were distilled into the Lima Declaration, ready for the IUCN World…