Story | 28 Feb, 2019
Three updated online tools to support protected area decision-making
There are a growing number of decision-support tools to support biodiversity-related decision-making. In this article, we highlight three new and newly upgraded platforms, which are directly related to sharing information…
Story | 27 Feb, 2019
Observing the Earth to enforce environmental law
enviroLENS, a Horizon 2020 innovation project funded by the European Commission, aims to demonstrate and promote the use of Earth Observation as direct evidence for environmental law enforcement. By using European satellite capacities, such as…
Story | 27 Feb, 2019
The importance of the Natura 2000 Network: An interview with protect areas expert Andrej Sovinc
This is the fourth in a series of interviews with Natura 2000 experts as part of the LIFE Green List for N2K project. In this interview, Andrej Sovinc, the Slovenian IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) Regional Vice-Chair Europe, shares…
Story | 27 Feb, 2019
First programme to census raptors in Morocco released
The first programme to carry out a survey and monitor diurnal cliff-nesting raptors in Morocco – an action integrated in the ATLAS Programme - was launched last week with the first expedition to the Atlantic Sahara, coordinated by the High Commission for Water and…
Story | 26 Feb, 2019
WCEL joins IUCN delegation to UNFCCC COP 24
WCEL members attended the UN Climate Change Summit in Katowice, Poland in December 2018.
Story | 23 Feb, 2019
Regional IUCN network to gather in Rotterdam
The IUCN Regional Conservation Forum for Europe, North and Central Asia will take place in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, from 1 to 3 July 2019, as part of Union-wide preparation for the IUCN Congress 2020.
Story | 22 Feb, 2019
Chinese Delegation Studying Belt and Road Initiative Calls for Environmental Safeguards along CPEC
A delegation of experts from the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED) met with key stakeholders connected with the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and called for measures to ensure environmental safeguards along the Belt and Road Initiative…
Story | 22 Feb, 2019
Towards a Global Pact for the Environment: A Conference Took Place at the European Parliament
By The Global Pact for the Environment - The Global Pact for the Environment held a conference at the European Parliament on 6 February 2019. WCEL has published their report below.
Story | 22 Feb, 2019
How South Africa will beat plastic pollution
Through the MARPLASTICCs project, IUCN is working with South Africa, one of the world’s top 20 contributors of marine plastic pollution, to close the plastic tap.
Story | 22 Feb, 2019
IUCN joins Fortune 500 companies to address plastic leaks in their supply chains
IUCN, together with the World Business Council on Sustainable Development (WBCSD), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Life Cycle Initiative, have joined the strategic committee of a newly launched Plastic Leak Project (PLP), which aims to help…