A one-day National Workshop on Lessons Learned for Integrated Planning was held on 9th August, 2018, at Chrismar Hotel, Livingstone, Zambia.
The workshop was attended by over 150 planners (socio economists, environmentalists and physical planners) working at the policy-practice interface鈥
Members and partners of the Indo-Burma Ramsar Regional Initiative (IBRRI), including government representatives, academics, international organisation partners of Ramsar and others, gathered in Yangon in late July to workshop the IBRRI Strategic Plan for Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and鈥
WCEL announces a new national report by聽Angel Daen Morales Garcia,聽Reestructuraci贸n de la veda de jaguar en M茅xico como opci贸n para su conservaci贸n (Restructuring of the jaguar closure in Mexico as an option for its conservation).聽
El primer D铆a del Conocimiento sobre (AbE) en Costa Rica fue organizado por la UICN y la Direcci贸n de Cambio Clim谩tico (DCC) del Ministerio de Ambiente y Energ铆a (MINAE) de Costa Rica y reuni贸 a diversos sectores, para incluir desde su perspectiva el enfoque de鈥
WCEL Chair Antonio Benjamin, CEESP Chair Kristen Walker-Painemilla, and CEC Chair Sean Southey attended the Communities, Conservation & Livelihoods Conference in Halifax, Canada from 28-30 May 2018.
Distinguished state supreme court justices from several U.S. States, and international jurists from OAS and UN member States, as well as selected academics, scientists, leading experts, ambassadors and diplomats from across the globe came together from 22-23 August 2018 to discuss Environmental鈥
WCEL joins historic effort to protect environmental defenders through the Environmental Rights Initiative led by UN Environment on 3 September 2018 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The first Judicial Conference on Environmental Justice was organized by the Environmental Protection Agency the 鈥楩irst Judicial Conference on Environmental Justice鈥 on September 15, 2018 in Muzaffarabad. The honorable Chief Justice of Azad Jammu and Kashmir High Court Justice M. Tabassum Aftab鈥
On 22 September 2018, the world lost an environmental stalwart, Bomo Edna Edith Molewa, the South African Minister of Environmental Affairs.
To address possible gaps in international environmental law and environmental related instruments, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution 72/277 of 10 May 2018 entitled 鈥淭owards a Global Pact for the Environment,鈥 which established an Ad hoc Open鈥慹nded Working鈥