The Business Journey for the upcoming Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ World Conservation Congress features a wide range of events that demonstrate the critical role of business in implementing global goals for conservation and sustainable…
Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ has launched a new tool to help negotiators, governments and other stakeholders understand their options for an international instrument for marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction. The Marine Biodiversity Matrix is available online at www.marinebiodiversitymatrix.org. …
As part of the institutional architecture created to fulfil the vision of the 1992 Earth Summit, outlined in Agenda 21, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) has made an enormous contribution to environmental protection and nature conservation.
How KNOWFOR partners are using design, monitoring, evaluation and learning for understanding knowledge uptakeÂ
Five sites in the High Seas, which belong to no country, could be recognised under the World Heritage Convention, according to a new report by UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre and International Union for Conservation of Nature (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥), the advisory body on natural World Heritage. The report has…
Are you a forest practitioner or land-use manager attending the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ World Conservation Congress? From 2-5 September, participate in a series of workshops geared at training you to design robust and holistic forest conservation projects.
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A multidisciplinary project on soundscape biodiversity
Cultural and spiritual bonds with nature are among the strongest personal drives and motivators for nature conservation yet they are not often taken into account in the governance and management of protected areas.
In 2010, the 10th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 10/CBD) adopted the Aichi Biodiversity Targets as part of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020. Target 11 calls for “at least 17 per cent of terrestrial and inland water areas and 10 per cent of…