Cultural and spiritual bonds with nature are among the strongest personal drives and motivators for nature conservation... read more →
As researchers and practitioners increasingly realize the importance of engaging religious leaders and communities in projects to conserve biological diversity, the Society for Conservation Biology established the Religion and Conservation... read more →
An 8-week online course 'Protected Area Systems: Management And Design' is aimed at policy makers, managers and practitioners of protected area systems. According to the description, participants will gain an... read more →
An article in the UK's The Guardian states: "It’s the saddest truism in wildlife conservation: When politicians announce that they are setting aside precious habitat “in perpetuity”, what they really... read more →
Special Section of Oryx Journal On the importance of cultural and spiritual values amongst conservation policy-makers and practitioners Submission deadline: mid April 2016 http://fore.yale.edu/news/item/call-for-papers-special-section-of-oryx-journal/
Scientists uncover wild surprises in tribal Bangladesh. Partnering with indigenous groups, conservationists discover a wealth of wildlife in Bangladesh’s most remote region. Including maybe, just maybe, tigers. A new group,... read more →
IUCN- Papaco is launching the second session of its Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Protected Areas Management in Africa: 'Gestion des aires protégées en Afrique' This course (in French)... read more →
The PARKS Journal or the International Journal of Protected Areas and Conservation is published by IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) is published twice a year as an online,... read more →
In summary: "As the highest and most impressive features of the landscape, mountains have an unusual power to awaken a sense of the sacred. Their soaring summits, the clouds and... read more →
In the US as a whole, there are currently more than 400 National Park units, including monuments, seashores, lakeshores, recreation areas and historic sites. Collectively, they cover a land mass roughly... read more →
