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Water is our most important resource and all life on Earth depends on it. Despite its importance, water is becoming far more scarce, as regional sources disappear or are depleted. At the moment, forty percent of the world’s people are being…

The IUCN Species Survival Commission recognizes just eleven Centers on the planet

Around the world, Indigenous and local women are the backbone of their communities and play integral roles as knowledge holders, guardians of natural resources, and defenders of ancestral lands and collective rights.

Jana M. McPherson, Typhenn A. Brichieri-Colombi, Nafeesa Esmail, Razieh Ghayoumi, & Meher Noshirwani, CEESP members

A recent global horizon scan is highlighting 15 topics as key emerging threats and opportunities in community-based conservation. We illustrate how…

Salam Rajesh, CEESP member

The fishing community in Manipur’s Loktak Lake faces a tough life negotiating between the need to eke out a living in a wetland whose ecosystem is fairly degraded, and striving to take part in its restoration. The women fishers share equal…

One in five people rely on wild species for income and food while 2.4 billion people depend on wood fuel for cooking. On March 03, we observe World Wildlife Day (WWD),…

Buhle Francis, early-career researcher at One Ocean Hub and the Environmental Learning Research Centre (ELRC) at Rhodes University

Dr. Suryakanta Acharya, MD, CEESP member, PAY-W Clinic Founder

Women in the tribal communities of Araku Valley in Andhra Pradesh, India are taking a lion’s share of responsibility to balance family, community, and environment. Their role in preserving traditional…

The Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) adopted by the Parties at the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP 15) celebrated in Montreal, Canada in December 2022, acknowledges the importance of developing a communication and outreach strategy to implement the GBF. The IUCN Commission on Education and…

Nathan Bennett, Chair of the People and the Ocean Specialist Group, Commission on Environmental, Economic, and Social Policy, IUCN