Story | 31 Jan, 2020
This is the sixth and last in a series of interviews with Natura 2000 experts as part of the LIFE Green List for Natura 2000 project. Josep-Maria Mallarach has been working towards enhanced protected area management for over 40 years. He has been involved in protected area management on national…
Story | 12 Dec, 2019
Will the European Green Deal meet its ambitious expectations?
The EU has launched the long-awaited European Green Deal, the plan to tackle the profound environmental crisis we are living in. IUCN welcomes this promising proposal, and encourages all actors to do…
Story | 04 Sep, 2019
Mihaela Antofie wins Commission on Education and Communication Excellence Award in Europe
For the Region West Europe the members of the Jury of the brand new award faced a tough decision. Why? Because excellent work is done in very different fields, making it almost impossible to compare. So the jury decided to award three winners, this way showcasing the power of communication to…
Story | 13 Aug, 2019
CEC Award winners in West Europe
Not one but three outstanding professionals win the brand new Commission on Education and Communication Excellence Award in Europe
Story | 02 Jul, 2019
Nature in the City: Green solutions for sustainable, healthy and resilient Cities
Today the world population stands at 7.7 billion. In the next 30 years it is expected to grow by a further 2.9 billion. By 2100, according to the latest UN projections, humanity is expected to have developed into an almost exclusively urban species with 80-90% of people living in cities.
Story | 24 Jun, 2019
The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands has funded a Rwf22bn project to preserve Sebeya and other catchments in Rwanda. The project titled ‘Landscape Restoration and Integrated Water Resources Management in Sebeya and other Catchments’will be implemented by Rwanda Water and Forestry…
Story | 28 May, 2019
Announcing two new Specialist Groups
CEESP is excited to announce two new Specialist Groups to work across disciplines to enhance the CEESP strategic plan leading up to the World Conservation Congress in 2020. If your area of expertise falls within one of these groups, we invite you to join and learn more about getting involved!…
Story | 23 Jan, 2019
By Anemoon Soete - At the end of 2015, a court of first instance in the Hague declared the Dutch policy to mitigate climate change inducing emissions not fit for purpose and lacking a sense of reality. As a result, the court of first instance ordered the government to adjust its policy to…
Story | 18 Dec, 2018
GrowGreen: Chinese cities grow and with it, the need for green
Blog by Claire Warmenbol. Worldwide out of the 47 megacities, China alone counts 17. These are cities with a population in excess of 10 million people. Today over half of the Chinese mainland population lives in cities. Towards 2030, China aims for 70% of its population, about 900 million people…
Story | 03 Dec, 2018
Giant postcard with 125,000 cards exposed on Swiss glacier
Check out the first article of the Children as Champions of Climate Change - stories from all around the Planet series. More and more to come from different countries where children got engaged with Nature and took action by drawing attention to climate change, stay tuned!