Brasilia, Brazil -- At the first meeting of an independent scientific expert panel established in September by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥), in partnership with the Renova Foundation, members visited some of the local stakeholders and areas affected by the 2015…
A team of international scientists, including Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ experts, have described a new species of orangutan found in Indonesia.Â
Forests are fundamental to climate change dialogues at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Congress of Parties 23 (UNFCCC COP23). Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ is engaging in forest discussions at several venues, including the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥Â Pavilion, where an array of high-level and thought-provoking events…
Gland, Switzerland - Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, and The Biodiversity Consultancy (TBC) launched the first-ever global biodiversity offset policy database at the Annual General Meeting of the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable…
Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ have formally accepted Xianju County, China, as partners in the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Green List programme.
In 2011, the European Union (EU) and the ACP Group of States mandated Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ and JRC, the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, to implement a programme on protected area information management and capacity development for better decision making and planning.
CEESP News - by Seline Meijer
Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ has appointed Dr. Juha Siikamäki as Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥â€™s Chief Economist, effective 1 October 2017. Juha is based in Washington DC and will lead the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Economics Unit within the Science and Economic Knowledge Team.
In fulfilling the Chief Economist mandate…
Two key publications from the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ WCPA Best Practice Protected Area Guidelines Series, Governance of Protected Areas, and Urban Protected Areas, have been translated into Portuguese, with the support of the Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, the German Society for…
In her pursuit to build effective conservation policy and management, WCPA member Martine Maron from the University of Queensland, Australia is currently researching compensatory conservation and the controversial example of biodiversity offsets. Our interview with Martine focuses on her current…
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥) and the global power company Enel have signed a one-year agreement aimed at strengthening the company’s biodiversity action plans across a diverse range of energy facilities as well as its global reporting. Â