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Since 1972, ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� is the official advisor on nature under the World Heritage Convention. The Convention is known as "the most widely accepted international conservation treaty in human history”, ratified today by 195 States Parties. Natural World Heritage sites conserve the planet’s most…

������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ��-Med, SPA/RAC and WWF will work in close collaboration with the Libyan Ministry of the Environment to help develop a robust network of marine protected areas. During last week’s kick-off event, Dr. Ibrahim Al-Arabi Mounir, Minister of Environment, welcomed the project as a key step to…

Builds on partnership agreement signed last year to help guide conservation across a swathe of north-west Saudi Arabia. 

We welcome Felipe Paredes, Ph.D., a marine biologist from Chile with more than 20 years of experience in scientific research, education, and marine conservation public policy, as our Marine Vice Chair of the ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA).

Siddharth Edake is a Fellow and Area Convener for the Centre for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), India, which won the 2021 Pathfinder Award for its PANORAMA Solution - 'Strengthening community conservation in a biodiversity hotspot'.

The 2nd annual ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� WCPA International Ranger Awards will recognise the remarkable work of rangers in protected areas around the world. Hosted by the ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� and the ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� World Commission on Protected Areas, in collaboration with the International Ranger Federation, Re:wild, Conservation Allies,…

An interview with Quantis, EA, and ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ��, some of the people behind the the Plastic Leak Project (PLP). They discuss how growing urgency and awareness around the issue of plastic leakage into the environment is driving companies and public authorities to make bold commitments to reduce their…

So far, UNESCO has designated 1154 World Heritage Sites, 169 Global Geoparks, and 727 Biosphere Reserves. Among them, there are nearly 200 sites that hold two of these three designations, and 8 sites with all three designations. Huangshan is one of these eight. These sites are outstanding…

The Hainan gibbon (Nomascus hainanus), the world’s rarest primate and the most endangered among all gibbon species in the world, rated as Critically Endangered by ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ��. With less than 10 individuals remaining in the 1980s, the population has risen to 35 in 2021. The conservation of Hainan gibbon…

The Government of Rwanda through its Ministry of Environment has unveiled three former African Heads of State as patrons for the upcoming inaugural ������ϲʿ�������ֳ�ֱ�� Africa Protected Areas Congress (APAC).