Gland, Switzerland, 28 February 2013 – Audi, BMW Group, Hydro and Rexam join the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥-led Aluminium Stewardship Initiative, to develop a global standard for aluminium sustainability by the end of 2014.
Managers from 10 World Heritage sites throughout Africa met at the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ ESARO regional offices in Nairobi, Kenya to reflect on and learn more about management effectiveness of natural World Heritage sites in Africa. The Africa Nature project, a collaborative effort by the UNESCO World Heritage…
Five new African world heritage sites were inscribed this year on the World Heritage List, including the first site for Chad (), Cameroon, Congo and the Central African…
Gland, Switzerland, 27 November 2012 – A new study finds that close to half a million python skins are reported as exported annually from South-East Asia. The main importer is the European fashion and leather industry. The study raises concerns over the illegality in parts of the trade, animal…
Gland, Switzerland, 22 November 2012 – Flagship species conservation initiative Save Our Species (SOS) is expanding its work with US$ 2.5 million funding for 25 new projects.
Gland, Switzerland, 22 November 2012 (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥) Flagship species conservation initiative Save Our Species (SOS) is expanding its work with US$ 2.5 million funding for 25 new projects.
Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Director General Julia Marton-Lefèvre has been awarded the Hungarian Pro Natura Award for her efforts to protect the environment and promote sustainable development.
Gland, Switzerland, 15 November 2012 – Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ has recently signed a memorandum of understanding with the Government of the Cook Islands to support the establishment of the world’s largest marine protected area – the Cook Islands Marine Park.
We are stunned and deeply saddened by Warren Waetford’s tragic death. He joined the Environmental Law Centre (ELC) as Legal Officer only very recently, in September of this year, and got off to an exciting and fast-moving start through participating in the World Conservation Congress in Jeju,…