The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥) is reviewing nine World Heritage nominations with natural criteria, including two extensions and seven new sites, which are proposed for 2017. The Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ World Heritage Panel gathered in December in Gland, Switzerland to consider the…
Climate mitigation and adaptation are a country’s most pressing actions in the face of a looming global climate crisis –with catastrophic consequences already occurring in many coastal regions. Now, the restoration of mangrove forests and other coastal systems is emerging as a solution – serving…
By Peter Newborne and James Dalton.
As we wait to see if President-elect Donald Trump upholds his campaign pledge to tear up the Paris climate change agreement, one of his close to home constituencies is already struggling on the frontline of the climate struggle.
CEO’s who may…
Current generations and those to come are faced with this complex challenge: given the scarcity of productive land, how to ensure the well-being of 7.4 billion people and accommodate an estimated 1 billion more in the next 13 years without further depleting the base of life itself – our land and…
Growing global population and affluence means there are increasing and multiple demands on forest and other ecosystems to produce commodities and provide ecosystems services. While the demands for production continue to grow, the restrictions on where and how we can produce and protect become…
 IN MEMORIAM
Dr. Wolfgang E. Burhenne
(April 27, 1924 – January 6, 2017)
On January 6, 2017, a cold winter’s day in Germany, under clear blue sky with bright sunshine, Wolfgang E. Burhenne’s  life ended,…
This blog by Gerard Bos was first published by the World Economic Forum on 3 January 2017.
The global economy has been a steady engine of growth for nearly six decades, and during this time there have been a number of positive advances for humankind. But the fourth industrial revolution…
More than 50 representatives and project team members from 10 Asian and African countries gathered in Douala, Cameroon, last month to begin work on The Restoration Initiative (TRI) – an Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥-led programme to help these countries define and achieve forest landscape restoration commitments under…
With less than four years remaining to implement the biodiversity plan agreed by world governments in 2010, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ calls for continued efforts to achieve the Aichi biodiversity conservation targets, as the UN biodiversity conference closes in Cancún, Mexico. Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ stresses that while progress has…
Local and subnational governments play a key role in conserving biodiversity and ecosystems and implementing the objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Strategic Plan. From 9-11 December 2016, the CBD Secretariat, the Ministry of Environment of Mexico and ICLEI hosted the…