Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ participated in the CBD COP15 in Montreal to advocate for a post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework that sets coherent and ambitious goals and targets to halt and reverse the loss of biodiversity by 2030.
Jeju, Republic of Korea, 15 October 2022 (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥) – The Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Leaders Forum Jeju 2022 closed today with the resounding conclusion that the world must measure progress towards a nature-positive future. Today’s Closing Ceremony ended three days of high-level debate, and presented key outcomes…
As the world is set to adopt a landmark treaty to halt the loss of biodiversity later this year, implementing and measuring progress against specific goals of this agreement will soon become a focus. With its long history of establishing standards and tools to track and measure the conservation…
In its efforts to mainstream human rights in the day-to-day operations of rangers in Southern Africa, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥â€™s SADC TFCA Financing Facility commissioned the first training session on Human Rights and Law Enforcement for its grant recipients in Lubombo TFCA, eSwatini.
World Heritage sites have been facing increasing pressure from various forms of development in recent years, which can lead to severe damage to their unique values – sometimes irreversibly. UNESCO and the Advisory Bodies to the World Heritage Committee, including Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥, have issued guidance to…
The Connecting Practice project aims to define new methods and strategies to support Nature and Culture through engagement in the World Heritage Convention, which is the leading international instrument for conservation that brings together nature and culture.
Brussels, Belgium, 11 October 2022 (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥) – Thirty-seven per cent of all hoverfly species in Europe are threatened with extinction, according to the first continent-wide assessment of this essential pollinator group on the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM, which was requested and…
Around this year’s World Rivers Day on 25 September, a number of events and activities were held along the Aoos-Vjosa River in Greece and Albania to promote transboundary collaboration and protection of this unique river system, from its source to the sea.
Are you interested in helping conserve the world’s most outstanding natural places? Join the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Academy for a free online course to learn more about natural World Heritage sites and what makes them different from other types of protected areas.
The World Heritage Leadership is a capacity-building programme that integrates nature and culture through the promotion of place-based and people-centred approaches to World Heritage management. By taking a nature-culture integrated approach to the protection and management of heritage, the…