“There has not been a true COP on biodiversity since 2010, in Nagoya, Japan. 2021 must become the turning point for the establishment of a new framework for transformative action.” This call was issued by Maud Lelievre, the new President of the French Committee of the...
The new president of the IUCN French Committee shares in a exclusive interview, her roadmap for 2021, a critical year for the protection of biodiversity. Elected in December of 2020 to head the French Committee of the International Union for the Conservation of...
On May 22, 2020, on International Biodiversity Day, the ACT now collective to which I belong published a Tribune, to reaffirm that ” we do not have to choose between economic recovery and the preservation of the living. ” This forum invites the 193 UN...
This week, the World Conservation Congress should have been held in Marseille. For three years, the French committee has been actively preparing it, to present 26 major recommendations to protect the world’s biodiversity. These French recommendations call for a...
The two institutions will invite national parts, aquariums, botanical gardens, zoos, science museums and natural history museums from around the world to join forces to raise public awareness of the natural crisis in the run-up to the 15th session of the Conference of...
I have been elected as the general delegate of the international network of local authorities since 2001. During my tenure, I realized the essential role of communities in the preservation of the environment. The perfect example of my commitments is the numerous...
In January 2018, Yann Wehrling published an op-ed, to save the great apes (chimpanzees, orangutans, and gorillas) from extinction. Two years later, where do we stand? Elements of response. April 2018: a collective addresses an emergency plan to the Ministers of...
In the face of land grabbing in Africa, it is time to take action together. In July 2019, Helen Castell published an article on the rapid growth of agricultural investments in Africa. The report also highlighted the impacts and concerns over increased...
