Story | 19 Jul, 2023
CEC attends IUCN Conference in Oxford
CEC commission member Catherine Kühn recently attended the IUCN SSC Human-Wildlife Conflict and Coexistence conference in Oxford, UK. The conference set the stage for tackling global human-wildlife conflict issues which affect the future of nature. CEC’s vision, “a world committed to protecting…
Publication | 2023
Regional golden monkey (Cercopithecus mitis kandti) conservation action plan 2023–2028
The golden monkey, Cercopithecus mitis kandti, an Endangered subspecies of blue monkey, is found in only two small populations in the central part of the Albertine Rift region in Central/East Africa. Since the 1950s, the habitat of golden monkeys has been lost or degraded in the Virunga massif (…
Blog | 15 Oct, 2019
Bwindi: bees, baskets and brilliant guided walks
CEESP News: By Dr. Dilys Roe, Chair of the 'Sustainable Use and Livelihoods' CEESP/SSC Specialist Group.
Tracking rare mountain gorillas is on the bucket list of many a traveller – both at the luxury end of the market and for backpackers. But what about the people who live in the same…
Story | 05 Sep, 2019
Cities launch park-based programmes to reap health, biodiversity, and financial harvest
Urban biodiversity and healthy natural ecosystems offer a range of benefits to human society, including providing cleaner water, reducing flood risk and storing carbon.
Story | 19 Nov, 2018
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as well as WildArk – A Movement for the Wild are thrilled to announce the winners of the inaugural Pathfinder Award for innovation in nature conservation. The…
Story | 19 Oct, 2018
VIDEO: Using ecosystem-based management at Lough Erne, Northern Ireland
The Aquacross project brought together researchers and stakeholders connected with Lough Erne, Northern Ireland, to investigate the problem of invasive species threatening biodiversity and restricting recreational uses of the lake. In this video, those involved share their knowledge of the lake…
Story | 19 Sep, 2018
CEESP News- Catherine Sayer, IUCN Program Officer, and Cory Whitney, University of Bonn
A recent assessment of the livelihoods value of freshwater biodiversity in the Lake Victoria Basin in Eastern Africa has demonstrated that freshwater plants and fishes are key to supporting the…
Story | 18 Dec, 2017
Conservationist Tony Whitten, who was the Founding Chair of the IUCN SSC Specialist Group on cave invertebrates, was tragically killed in a cycling accident on November 29 2017. Friend and colleague, and member of the IUCN Species Survival Commision (SSC) Steering Committee, Elizabeth Bennett…
Story | 15 May, 2017
During the weekend of Earth Day 2017 celebrations, over 80 individuals gathered in a four-day Forum and launched the BalkaNatureNet, set up to become a transnational meeting point for all individuals working in the fields of nature conservation and education for sustainable development (ESD) in…
Publication | 2013
This report brings together a broad range of new and existing information on 2,358 plant and animal species of the Albertine Rift (AR) region of East and Central Africa. A collaborative project assessed the climate change vulnerability of all known Albertine Rift mammals, birds, reptiles,…