Home grown success: local-level protected and conserved areas are proven to be as effective in biodiversity conservation as many national-level formal protected area designations.
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Effectively managing French Polynesia's vast distances of marine protected areas is a massive challenge, but there have been creative solutions to help with the scale of the work to be done.
A new tool, SAGE, is designed to be relatively low-cost, for rapid assessment over one to three days or as part of a longer progress. The methodology draws on the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Good Governance principles and is being developed for Green List candidate sites, as well as other areas.
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At the end of a devastating season of fire for many of the country’s protected and conserved areas, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Green List status was renewed for Australia's:
1. Arakwal National Park
2. Cape Byron State Conservation Area
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The World Heritage thematic study for Central Asia has been produced as a contributionÌýto supporting the implementation of the World Heritage Convention in Central Asia. It provides a response to a Decision of the World Heritage Committee in order to identify outstanding areas with potential for…
Gland, Switzerland, 29 January 2020 (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥) – The degradation of nature can lead to gender-based violence including sexual assault, domestic violence and forced prostitution, according to a…
Around the world, rooted in discriminatory gender norms and shrouded in impunity, gender-based violence (GBV) occurs in all societies as a means of control, subjugation and exploitation that further feeds gender inequality.
On Australia Day, 26 January 2020, it was announced that Dr Graeme Worboys had received the Order of Australia, one of the country's highest honours.
Rooted in discriminatory gender norms and laws and shrouded in impunity, gender-based violence (GBV) occurs in all societies as a means of control, subjugation and exploitation that further reinforces gender inequality. This publication establishes that these patterns of gender-based abuse are…
Gender equality and women’s empowerment are matters of fundamental human rights and prerequisites to meeting sustainable development goals around the world.