On Monday, 9 February 2015 from 09:30 to 16:30 (GMT), the IUCN National Committee UK will organise a one day conference on Protected Areas: Implications of the Global Agenda in... read more →
Need to brush up on your understanding of Protected Areas? The Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) by the University of British Columbia (UBC) on 'Forests and Livelihoods in Developing Countries'... read more →
The International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) has published a thought-provoking article on protected areas, triggered by last month's World Parks Congress, entitled 'Ensuring equitable management of protected areas:... read more →
(as reported by CSVPA's Radhika Borde) CSVPA has had a major presence at the 2014 Sydney World Parks Congress! It has organized two workshops at which protected area managers, indigenous... read more →
Report says invasive species, tourism, poaching, dams and logging ost pressing threats but climate change may eclipse all. The IUCN World Heritage Outlook, released at the World Parks Congress in Sydney, found... read more →
For the last three years PARKS has been a peer reviewed journal published by IUCN WCPA twice a year. It is the only journal focussed specifically on protected area management... read more →
Readers of this CSVPA blog may find the following Grist article on Marine Protected Areas helpful to add to their insight: "This illustrated guide makes marine protected areas fascinating" (or:... read more →
Some of you may be interested in a just-published book Stan Stevens (Senior Lecturer in Geography, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA, USA) has edited, Indigenous Peoples, National Parks, and Protected Areas:... read more →
The Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-20, framed by Parties to the CBD at the 10th Conference of Parties in 2010, outlines an ambitious roadmap towards halting and reversing biodiversity loss... read more →
Source: Sonia Phalinkar for Deutsche Welle In a bid to protect the snow leopard, conservation groups are merging western and traditional approaches by teaming up with local monasteries, shamans and... read more →