Story | 04 Nov, 2019
Celebrating Latin American and Caribbean Commitments to Green List Success
Peru, Mexico and Colombia achieve Green List success, and are recognised with awards; new countries, including Costa Rica, Chile, and Jamaica, commit to use the Standard to improve the performance of their protected and conserved areas; and new partners, led by the Gordon and Betty Moore…
Story | 04 Nov, 2019
Celsa Ortiz, the first female ranger of the Yanesha Communal Reserve, Peru
Away from the busy CAPLAC III events in the capital of Lima, Celsa works steadily as the first, and so far only, female ranger in the Communal Reserve. She supports the IUCN Green List approach for the Yanesha Communal Reserve and its people's surrounding cultural landscape.
Story | 02 Nov, 2019
“We face many challenges, but we can protect our homeland if the Government and others support us. We invite the IUCN global network to help us gain recognition for our efforts.” (Hermes Liviac, manager of the Yanesha Communal Reserve)
Story | 01 Nov, 2019
Urgent call for transformational change
Today’s society is facing biodiversity and climate crisis. To address it, IUCN needs to step up its efforts and initiate the transformational change we need, called participants of the IUCN Regional Conservation Forum for Europe, North and Central Asia earlier this year in Rotterdam.
Story | 31 Oct, 2019
As the global conservation community rallies around a common ambition – to assess the level of achievement of Aichi Targets and define the post-2020 agenda for biodiversity – the IUCN World Heritage Outlook emerges as a useful indicator of the…
Story | 31 Oct, 2019
Establishing ecosystem-based adaptation strategies to tackle climate change at Cambodian Ramsar site
IUCN and the Department of Freshwater and Wetlands Conservation of the Ministry of Environment and the Provincial Department of the Environment, Koh Kong Province recently organised a final climate change adaptation-planning…
Story | 30 Oct, 2019
Ganga - The River of Local and National Importance, Alike!!
CEESP Blog: By Saurav Gawan, Member of the 'Sustainable Use and Livelihoods' CEESP/SSC Specialist Group.
Ganga, the mighty river rising in the Himalayas is lifeline to millions. It has various references to it; for some it’s Moksh Daini (Salvation provider) for others natural sources of…
Story | 30 Oct, 2019
Promoting knowledge and supporting actions for a protected planet in the Caribbean
Thirteen professionals voiced the Caribbean perspectives, knowledge and actions for a protected planet in the Caribbean, at the third Congress on Protected Areas for Latin America and the Caribbean (CAPLAC III), held in Lima, Peru, 14-17 October 2019.
Story | 30 Oct, 2019
On Lima's doorstep, a Peru Sea Lion colony turnaround, and new Green List commitments
Fur seals had been harvested for their skins, and colonies annihilated for their perceived, and unfounded, impact on fisheries. Dynamite was used on some colonies and mass-shootings are recorded during the 1960s. Fishing interests previously opposed the declaration of marine protected areas. Now…
Press release | 30 Oct, 2019
Media registration now open for world’s leading environmental summit
Gland, Switzerland, 30 October 2019 (IUCN) – IUCN has opened media registration for the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2020, the world’s largest and most inclusive…