In 2021, IUCN Members adopted IUCN Resolution 123, mandating the "development of an IUCN policy on synthetic biology in relation to nature conservation". This briefing document has been prepared to support the policy development process and to complement the guidance on the inclusive and participatory process.
O desastre de Fundão em 2015 foi um dos maiores desastres ambientais da história do Brasil. O rompimento da barragem próxima à cidade de Mariana liberou cerca de 39 milhões de m3 de rejeitos, que percorreram 670 km até chegar ao Oceano Atlântico.
The Fundão disaster in 2015 was one of the biggest environmental disasters in Brazil’s history.
Поскольку конфликты между человеком и дикой природой становятся все более частыми, серьезными и широко распространенными во всем мире, их решение, как известно, является сложной задачей, и многие усилия, направленные на решение этих конфликтов, с трудом достигают прогресса. Данное Руководство является важной инструкцией для понимания и разрешения конфликтов между человеком и дикой природой. Цель Руководства - заложить основы и принципы передовой практики с ясными практическими реком
O comércio ilegal de animais silvestres aumentou dramaticamente na última década; no entanto, os esforços de fiscalização destinados a mitigar essa ameaça também o fizeram. O sucesso na aplicação da lei frequentemente envolve a apreensão e o confisco de espécies selvagens de diversos taxa de plantas, animais e fungos.
Light pollution is the human-caused alteration of outdoor light levels from those occurring naturally. It threatens ecological and commemorative integrity, interferes with amateur and research astronomy, degrades the appreciation of mythologies and cultural practices related to the night sky, mars wilderness experience and landscape beauty, carries risks to human health and wastes energy. Counterintuitively, excess outdoor lighting reduces safety and security.
Basándose en ejemplos de los sectores de tecnología y de empresas emergentes (startups), la UICN desarrolló la idea de una incubadora para identificar y alimentar las ideas de los administradores de áreas protegidas y de otros agentes que carecen de conocimientos, recursos o contactos profesionales para hacerlas realidad: la Incubadora para la Conservación de la Naturaleza (INC, por sus siglas en inglés).
The main goal of this scoping study is to provide a state-of-the-art overview of the national aspect of North Macedonia in regard of pilot activities to apply the Nature-based Solutions (NbS) concept for disaster risk reduction (DRR). The study refers to the available information from existing policies, programmes, and strategies (at the global, regional, national, and local levels). The analysed data are related to NbS for DRR, directly or indirectly.
