Story | 29 Jun, 2019
WCEL Introduces the Peace, Security and Conflict Specialist Group
WCEL is pleased to announce the Environment and Armed Conflict Specialist Group has been renamed as the Peace, Security and Conflict Specialist Group. The Specialist Group will be chaired by Professor Karen Hulme, expert in environmental protection in times of crises, such as conflict, post-…
Story | 26 Jun, 2019
Legal and political analysis: what experts are saying about laws that tackle plastic pollution
Most countries around the world agree there is a plastic pollution problem, but what have national governments been doing about it? Legal experts from Thailand, Vietnam, South Africa, Mozambique and Kenya recently came together to investigate this…
Story | 26 Jun, 2019
Developing China’s national park system
In recent years, China has been making great strides in developing its national park system, which now includes 10 pilot national parks in 12 provinces across China. These parks cover an area of more than 200,000 square kilometers, which is…
Story | 26 Jun, 2019
Gilgit, June 25, 2019: International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Pakistan formally launched its project titled “Assessment of the State of Nature and Biodiversity Safeguarding Actions in Northern Pakistan” in collaboration with the line departments, private sector and local…
Story | 25 Jun, 2019
U.S. Appellate Court Hears Oral Arguments for Groundbreaking Climate Change Case
By Miranda Steed - On 4 June 2019, a three judge panel for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments for the youth climate case in a packed courtroom in Portland, Oregon, USA.
Story | 24 Jun, 2019
Flagship project launched to build capacity on forest landscape restoration and Bonn Challenge
On 17 June 2019 Shri Prakash Javadekar, the Hon’ble Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, India launched a flagship project to build capacity on forest landscape restoration (FLR) and Bonn Challenge in partnership with IUCN. The…
Story | 22 Jun, 2019
Swedish Crown Princess visits Viet Nam, country struggling with plastic pollution
Sweden’s relationship with Viet Nam goes back 50 years. Viet Nam is one of the top five countries with mismanaged waste ending up in the ocean, so it is not surprising that Sweden’s Crown Princess Victoria is especially concerned about plastic…
Story | 21 Jun, 2019
By Gregorio Rafael P. Bueta - Philippine jurisprudence on the environment has been on a steady pace of development since the 70’s and 80’s. It got a global boost when the famous case of Oposa vs Factoran came out in 1993. In it, the Philippine Supreme Court bravely and courageously gave standing…
Story | 17 Jun, 2019
L’eau comme bien commun: une question de culture, d’éducation et de spiritualité
De M. Tebaldo Vinciguerra
Story | 17 Jun, 2019
Peer-to-peer learning: Indigenous peoples share solutions
Forty-two representatives of indigenous organisations from around the world recently met in Tecpan, Guatemala to share experiences and learn from one another on environmental, business and social issues – taking another step toward a common understanding.