The WCPA Connectivity Conservation Specialist Group invites input to produce consistent guidance by 2020 for arresting fragmentation and maintaining intact large-scale ecological networks
UNESCO’s annual World Heritage Committee meeting concluded on 10 July. After gathering input from the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ delegation he headed at the Committee, Peter Shadie, Director of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥â€™s World Heritage Programme, captures some take-home messages from the meeting.
The Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ BRIDGE programme works towards building river dialogue and governance in transboundary basins. Implemented by Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥Â in close collaboration with regional partners, a fourth phase of the programme…
CEESP News: by David Johnson, Chief Executive, Maragaret Pyke Trust - Population & Sustainability Network
On World Population Day, 2019, CEESP is proud to be one of the first organisations joining a first of its kind campaign: Thriving Together. The supporters of Thriving Together…
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥) is gathering input from experts around the globe to complete a new cycle of assessments for the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ World Heritage Outlook 3. This flagship Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ report on natural World Heritage will be published in 2020, together with assessments for…
Today the world population stands at 7.7 billion. In the next 30 years it is expected to grow by a further 2.9 billion. By 2100, according to the latest UN projections, humanity is expected to have developed into an almost exclusively urban species with 80-90% of people living in cities.
28 June 2019, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥Â released its second assessment of the implementation of restoration pledges made to the Bonn Challenge, showing that countries are making impressive progress on the global goal of bringing 150 million hectares into restoration by…
WCEL is pleased to announce the Environment and Armed Conflict Specialist Group has been renamed as the Peace, Security and Conflict Specialist Group. The Specialist Group will be chaired by Professor Karen Hulme, expert in environmental protection in times of crises, such as conflict, post-…
This week, the Gran Paradiso National Park and the Gran Paradiso Foundation are hosting 80 global experts in protected area management and governance in a workshop aimed at setting the recommendations for fairer and more effective protected areas.
Sweden’s relationship with Viet Nam goes back 50 years. Viet Nam is one of the top five countries with mismanaged waste ending up in the ocean, so it is not surprising that Sweden’s Crown Princess Victoria is especially concerned about plastic…