Article | 08 Jul, 2021
La formation des spécialistes en suivi-évaluation du Programme de Gestion du Littoral Ouest Africain (WACA) sur l’utilisation du Système d’Information Géographique (SIG) a pris fin le 18 juin 2021 à Cotonou au Bénin.
Article | 07 Jul, 2021
Du 31 mai au 4 juin 2021, l’UICN, à travers le Bureau d’Appui Régional du Programme de gestion du littoral ouest-africain (WACA), en partenariat avec l’Union Economique et Monétaire Ouest Africaine (UEMOA), la Commission Néerlandaise pour l’…
Story | 01 Jul, 2021
A new paper, published today in Science, argues for an international legally binding agreement that addresses the entire life cycle of plastics, from extraction of raw materials to legacy plastic pollution. Three clear goals are proposed and encouraged, to address not only the well-known issue…
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 | 28 May, 2021
Report: Mainstreaming Blue Nature-Based Solutions into Infrastructure Finance
The challenge is massive – to swiftly move away from a business-as-usual financing approach largely tailored to generating and perpetuating infrastructure that is both grey and vulnerable, towards blue finance solutions. This new report looks at efforts by different Multilateral Development…
Story | 27 May, 2021
The ocean and the UNFCCC Global Stocktake: What does this mean?
What the ocean means to the Global Stocktake (GST) has been analysed by multiple conservation organisations in this new report. The conclusion? The ocean, as a central part in the Earth's climate system, must also be central to the UNFCCC’s GST.
Article | 24 May, 2021
Dakar, Sénégal, 22 mai 2021 (UICN-PACO) – Le thème de la journée de la biodiversité cette année est "Nous faisons partie de la solution"
Artículo | 14 May, 2021
Curso en gobernanza de aguas transfronterizas inicia el 24 de mayo
El curso busca ser un medio para revitalizar la discusión en torno a la gobernanza efectiva del agua en la región y promover un ambiente propicio que permita una mejor planificación e implementación de acciones que garanticen la sostenibilidad del…
Story | 20 Apr, 2021
An insight into the cultural and spiritual value of water
Value can be seen from three different perspectives. As an exchange value, meaning the price of a good in the market; as a utility, in other words the use value of a good or service; and finally, importance which relates to the appreciation or emotional value attached to a given good or service…
Story | 20 Apr, 2021
Melting summits: the need to adopt a “science-governance and diplomacy” approach to climate change
On February 7, 2021, more than 200 people lost their lives to a flash flood in the foothills of the Indian Himalayas. History is repeating itself here as in June 2013, more than 3,000 people went missing, and 800 died, in similar circumstances, and in the same area. In both cases, the location…