At the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ World Conservation Congress the Union’s 1,400 Member organisations democratically determine the most pressing issues in nature conservation and agree actions to address them. But very few of the motions proposed for Congress in September 2021 meaningfully consider the connections…
The Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL) is pleased to announce WCEL-Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Environment Week, a 5-day webinar series exploring environmental law solutions. The webinars will focus on the environmental declarations since the Stockholm Conference, as well as the role of environmental…
A video is now available of the public event held April 20, 2021, to celebrate the launch of the new CCRN book, co-published by Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥-CEESP: Communities, Conservation and Livelihoods. Â
CEESP News: by Fikret Berkes, University of Manitoba*
As more and more terrestrial and marine regions come under protected area status, the idea of community-based conservation becomes…
With the goal of elevating the market value of wetland products and encouraging the protection of wetland ecosystems, researchers from Can Tho University, in collaboration with the staff of U Minh Thuong National Park and Ramsar Site, organised training
Working closely with ten organisations in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal, the Building River Dialogue and Governance for Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna river basins (BRIDGE GBM) project, facilitated by Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥, has…
The environmental law community recently learned of the passing of one of our preeminent scholars, Professor Charles Odidi Okidi. As a champion for nature, Prof. Okidi was among a select group of visionaries appointed as honorary WCEL members, in recognition of their outstanding lifelong…
The Stabilising Land Use project sought to improve the governance of natural resources for communities around protected areas in six landscapes across four countries in Africa. At the conclusion of the project, we checked back in with the project teams and community…
Gland, Switzerland, 28 April 2021 (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥) – Countries where natural resources such as agricultural land and water become scarce or degraded tend to be more conflict-prone, a new Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ report finds. The report concludes that conserving and sustainably managing natural resources…