Story | 09 Jul, 2018
IUCN 70th Anniversary celebrations in Halifax, Canada
IUCN Indigenous Peoples’ Organisation (IPO) Members and non-members attending the Communities, Conservation & Livelihoods conference in Halifax, celebrated IUCN’s 70th Anniversary on 30 May 2018.
Story | 09 Jul, 2018
Great solutions deserve strategic communication
The desert in Africa is always hungry, looking for fertile land to devour. The SAWAP project develops new ways to fight the desert, for instance with smart agriculture. That’s great! But who knows about these innovative solutions? And who adopts…
Story | 03 Jul, 2018
The 12-year-old Belizean girl who spoke up at the World Heritage Committee meeting – interview
“I respectfully encourage the representatives of each country present to think of my generation in decision-making regarding World Heritage sites – our barrier reef and our planet depend on it.” Thus did Madison Pearl Edwards address the delegates gathered at UNESCO’s 42nd World Heritage…
Story | 27 Jun, 2018
CAIEF 2018 - Strengthening cooperation for environment and sustainable development in Central Asia
Second Central Asian International Environmental Forum – CAIEF was held in Tashkent (Uzbekistan) on June 5-8th, 2018 and aimed at strengthening regional cooperation for environment and sustainable development.
Story | 21 Jun, 2018
Empowering Children to #beatplasticpollution - In collaborative partnership with the IUCN CEC
On July 5, communities around the globe gathered together to show their support for the #BeatPlasticPollution campaign. Maria Auma, a proud and enthusiastic CEC member, who is extremely passionate about helping children connect with nature shares the story of their campaign in Uganda. In the…
Story | 13 Jun, 2018
Aleksey Zavarzin IUCN CEC Regional Vice Chair for Eastern Europe and Central Asia meets CEC members from Iran
Story | 01 Jun, 2018
Join IUCN CEC in the #BeatPlasticPollution TAG Game!
If you agree that single use plastics cause huge problems in your environment too, join us in the global movement #BeatPlasticPollution. We invite you for a game that is fun, leads us to live on a healthier planet and helps to spread the message of conservation.
Story | 25 May, 2018
Celebrating the World Forest Day by tree planting and forest cleaning
Brahim Haddane, CEC Regional Vice Chair for the Mediterranean chaired the World Forest Day celebration organised by ASMAPEC with its partners on March 21.
Story | 25 May, 2018
22nd May 2018 was celebrated as the International Day for Biological Diversity, globally. As a part of this, several celebrations were held in India that also commemorated 25 years of India’s actions towards securing biodiversity for the future, through its legal framework process. The event…
Story | 25 May, 2018
CEC presents Nature-Based Solution and #NatureForAll at Asia Society Annual Conference
Upon invitation from East-West Center (EWC), CEC Steering Committee members, Nancy Colleton and Hanying Li, participated in“Taking Nature into Account: Can Valuing Nature and Conservation Promote Sustainable Models of Development in Asia?” a panel at the…