Gland, Switzerland, 5 July 2018 (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥) – Australia’s unique reptiles – including lizards and snakes – face severe threats from invasive species and climate change, with 7% of them threatened with extinction, reveals the latest update of The Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM, published today…
The World Commission on Environmental Law participated for the first time as an observer during the 13th annual session of the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF-13). One of the main messages delivered at the session is that forests are crucial for the maintenance of…
The Forests Specialist Group has published its report in a series highlighting ongoing work under each WCEL Specialist Group.
Manama, Bahrain – A benefits concert taking place today at the World Heritage Committee meeting pays tribute to park rangers who were brutally killed while protecting Virunga National Park. It marks the launch of a crowdfunding campaign – #HelpVirunga – to support…
Manama, Bahrain – Tanzania has been urged to not proceed with plans to log 143,638 ha in the Selous Game Reserve today at UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee meeting, as recommended by the International Union of Conservation of Nature (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥). The area would be in the same location…
Paris, 26 June 2018 (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥) – Banning palm oil would most likely increase the production of other oil crops to meet demand for oil, displacing rather than halting the significant global biodiversity losses caused by palm oil, warned an Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ report published today.Â
Manama, Bahrain, 26 June 2018 (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥) – The Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System – the world’s second largest coral reef system after the Great Barrier Reef – has come off the List of World Heritage in Danger, following the advice of the…
At the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Assembly in Da Nang, Vietnam, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ is pleased to join efforts in the launch of a free Open Online Course on Gender and the Environment.Â
The Commission convened a small meeting of experts on 25 May in New York City to discuss how the environmental law community can proceed following adoption of a resolution by the United Nations General Assembly on 10 May 2018 setting in motion a process seeking to discuss and reach agreement on…
The 4th Tony Oposa Intergenerational Moot Court was hosted by the University of Caen Normandy (France) on 5 June to bring students, scholars, and jurists together in a simulation of a court proceeding before the International Court of Justice addressing the questions of legality of…