The Government of Rwanda through its Ministry of Environment has unveiled three former African Heads of State as patrons for the upcoming inaugural Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Africa Protected Areas Congress (APAC).
Bangkok, Thailand, 13 December 2021: Siam City Cement Group (SCCC Group) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥) extended their partnership for another three years at a signing…
Brussels, Belgium -- A radical alliance is needed between the conservation and energy sectors to meet the growing demand for renewable energy and related grid infrastructure, according to the Renewables Grid Initiative (RGI), International Union for Conservation of…
Today, the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥Â European office released a new paper which details the importance of the World Conservation Congress for Europe. At the Congress, a number of European Members were elected to the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Council – the organisations principal governing body. The Members also voted in favour of key…
CEESP News - by Kristen Walker Painemilla, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ CEESP Commission Chair
Striving to make international policies coherent and aligned, to accelerate coastal ecosystem conservation.
In November 2021, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥â€™s Asia Regional Office MARPLASTICCs project hosted a workshop on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) with several partners from the EU/Expertise France, GIZ PREVENT Waste Alliance, Thailand Environment Institute, WWF Malaysia EPR project, and…
Gland, Switzerland, 9 December 2021 (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥) – The destruction of wetlands is driving the decline of dragonflies worldwide, according to the first global assessment of these species in today’s update of the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Red List of Threatened Speciesâ„¢. Their decline is symptomatic of the…
The recipients of the second round of SSC EDGE Internal Grants have been selected.
Today, the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Task Force on Marine Mammal Protected Areas, a joint task force of the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Species Survival Commission and the World Commission on Protected Areas, announces that Caspian seals have been awarded three Important Marine Mammal Areas, or IMMAs, as part of a tranche of 14 new IMMAs…