Story | 24 Oct, 2019
Papal message to the participants of the Budapest Water Summit 2019
The 3rd Budapest Water Summit took place in Hungary from 15 to 17 October 2019. The overall theme of the event was “Preventing Water Crisis”. The Summit was attended by representatives of the academic world, international and regional organizations, governments, business and civil society.
IUCN Statement | 09 Oct, 2019
IUCN sets the record straight on a 2017 trophy hunting opinion
IUCN statement
Story | 26 Sep, 2019
Compatibility of Trophy Hunting as a Form of Sustainable Use with IUCN’s Objectives
Update: Please also see 8 October 2019 IUCN Statement on this article, titled IUCN sets the record straight on a 2017 trophy hunting opinion
Story | 23 Sep, 2019
WCEL Specialist Groups Spearhead Global Initiatives
The IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL) is made up of nearly 1200 volunteer experts working together in 10 Specialist Groups. WCEL Specialist Groups work on a variety of environmental issues including Climate Change, Compliance and Enforcement, Oceans, and Indigenous Peoples.
Story | 18 Sep, 2019
The UN General Assembly takes significant steps “Towards a Global Pact for the Environment”
By Victor M. Tafur - On August 30, 2019, the UN General Assembly adopted resolution 73/333 that welcomes the work of the ad hoc open-ended working group established pursuant to General Assembly resolution 72/277, as well as its report, and endorses all its recommendations. The UNGA endorsement…
Story | 16 Sep, 2019
Combating Illegal Trade and Unsustainable Use of Sea Turtles at the CITES COP18
By Claire Saladin - Migratory sea turtles are suffering from an unprecedented decline. Interdisciplinary connections and analysis are aiming at improving the international cooperation between Multilateral Environmental Agreements, mitigating and opposing overexploitation and legal gaps…
Story | 12 Sep, 2019
17th IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Colloquium
The 17th Annual Colloquium of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law brought together participants from all over the world to discuss current international, comparative, national, and local environmental law issues.
Story | 06 Sep, 2019
BELA as a Symbol of Courage for Promoting Environmental Justice in Ne'er-do-well Bangladesh
By Mahmudul Hasan - Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA) was formed in 1992 in response to a global movement to protect and conserve the natural environment while promoting environmental justice. The legal NGO emerged out of necessity for environmental equality in a country that…
Story | 03 Sep, 2019
The Tour to Save the World: Colombia wins the Yellow Jersey for the Rights of Nature
By Julia Torres Ventura and Elizabeth Macpherson - Colombian cyclist Egan Arley Bernal Gómez and this year’s winner of the Tour de France has captured the world’s attention as the first Latin American to don its leading yellow jersey. What readers may not know is that Colombia also wears the…
Story | 30 Aug, 2019
IUCN Oceania Regional Conservation Forum Side-Event Makes a Case for Cultural Impact Assessment
By Patricia Parkinson - WCEL and CEESP members discussed the importance of cultural impact assessments as a critical tool for environmental planning at the IUCN Oceania Regional Conservation Forum.