Story | 20 Jul, 2018
Guinness Record 2018: 100,000 climate change postcards
The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC intends to beat the Guinness World Record of the largest composed postcard with the help of children and youth.
Story | 16 Jul, 2018
A closer look at a collective economic giant: Small forest and farm producers - INTERVIEW
More than 1.5 billion small forest and farm producers throughout the world depend on forest landscapes to produce food, fuel, timber and non-wood forest products to meet their subsistence needs and generate cash income. Despite the large number…
Press release | 16 Jul, 2018
Draft mining regulations insufficient to protect the deep sea – IUCN report
Regulations under development at the International Seabed Authority (ISA) to manage deep-sea mining are insufficient to prevent irrevocable damage to marine ecosystems and a loss of unique species – many yet to be discovered, an IUCN report warns.
Story | 13 Jul, 2018
WCEL Climate Change Specialist Group: Update July 2018
The Climate Change Specialist Group has published its report in a series highlighting ongoing work under each WCEL Specialist Group.
Story | 11 Jul, 2018
16th IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Colloquium
Strathclyde University in Glasgow, Scotland hosted the 16th IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Colloquium from 4-6 July 2018. Many WCEL Members presented and participated in the event.
Blog | 11 Jul, 2018
Returning from the 42nd World Heritage Committee meeting in Manama, in the Kingdom of Bahrain, Peter Shadie, IUCN’s World Heritage Senior Advisor and head of the IUCN delegation at the Committee, takes a moment to share some reflections on this year’s meeting.
Story | 11 Jul, 2018
Assessing Turtles in Ramsar Sites in Lao PDR
In June, IUCN Lao PDR assessed turtle populations in the Xe Champhone Ramsar site in southern Lao PDR. They studied several threatened turtle species, and plan to continue the work at the Beung Kiat Ngong Ramsar Site in the coming months.
Story | 10 Jul, 2018
Biodiversity’s role in landscape restoration: INTERVIEW
Biodiversity is inherently connected to forest landscape restoration, but conceptualising this relationship has been elusive – until now. A new publication called, ‘Biodiversity guidelines for forest landscape restoration opportunities…
Story | 06 Jul, 2018
Forests among top issues at UN High Level Political Forum on SDGs
The United Nations held the High Level Political Forum (HLPF) on the Sustainable Development Goals. This article highlights how the role of restoration of deforested and degraded forest landscapes in the achievement of…