Story | 23 Jan, 2019
By Anemoon Soete - At the end of 2015, a court of first instance in the Hague declared the Dutch policy to mitigate climate change inducing emissions not fit for purpose and lacking a sense of reality. As a result, the court of first instance ordered the government to adjust its policy to…
Story | 23 Jan, 2019
Increasing Resilience for Flood and Drought Affected Areas through a Community Designed Action Plan
A workshop to gather inputs related to real-time experience of the community, their behavioural patterns and requirements during extreme flood and drought conditions was conducted on 11 February 2019 at the "Kithulgalwila Seemamalaka Viharaya" in Bulathsinhala.
Story | 22 Jan, 2019
Traditional Knowledge key in achieving Africa’s climate goals
CEESP News - by Kanyinke Sena, co-chair of Specialist Group on Indigenous Peoples, Customary and Environmental Law, and Human Rights
Story | 21 Jan, 2019
Marine plastic pollution: A global issue with national and local solutions
In November 2018, IUCN co-chaired a roundtable on Marine Plastic Pollution: A global issue with national and local solutions at the PEMSEA East Asian Seas (EAS) Congress held in Iloilo, the Philippines.
Story | 21 Jan, 2019
The first Advisory Committee for the Thailand Bio-Diversity Network Alliance (B-DNA) was held on January 17 at the IUCN Asia in Bangkok, Thailand.
Story | 20 Jan, 2019
Nature as a solution to respond to climate change challenges
Researchers, practitioners and policymakers from the Mediterranean region and the European Union are meeting to discuss the benefits and challenges of implementing Nature-Based…
Story | 18 Jan, 2019
A year in images: BIOPAMA 2018
In 2018, the BIOPAMA programme engaged with a significant number of stakeholders to ensure that BIOPAMA’s activities support the needs of the countries and their actors, as well as assist them in achieving their conservation objectives and international commitments.
Story | 17 Jan, 2019
The first continental Red List of Ecosystems assessment completed for the Americas
According to the first continental ecosystem risk assessment of temperate and tropical forests of the Americas, more than 80% of these forest ecosystems in the Americas are threatened.
Story | 16 Jan, 2019
Students Study Protected Areas and Learn About Climate Change and Human Health Impacts
CEESP News - by Warren G. Lavey, University of Illinois
In a university environmental policy course addressing the benefits, protections, and challenges for natural areas, lessons, and students’ research papers provided training about the many adverse impacts of climate change on human…
Story | 16 Jan, 2019
This is the fourth in a series of interviews with Natura 2000 (N2K) experts as part of the LIFE Green List for N2K project. Our interviewee has extensive experience in managing protected area databases and has recently become involved in the…