The CEC is giving out an award to an outstanding CEC member in each region. If you know someone who has made a significant contribution to nature conservation through creative and innovative education and communication tools, you can nominate them to win the award!

Read about all our achievements in 2018, including regional activities and the growth of the #NatureForAll movement!

Plastic pollution is one of the most pressing environmental threats of our time, but you can make a difference by cutting the consumption of single-use plastic in your every day life. We’ve teamed up with UN Environment on the Clean Seas Plastic Challenge to reduce plastic use through education.

Our new video for our global movement to inspire love of nature has been translated into dozens of languages. Find them on YouTube or email us to access the files in the languages you want for your CEC events and activities.

If you want to volunteer to translate it to a new language, please email Susana Kray.

2020 will be a pivotal year for the well-being of nature. The IUCN World Conservation Congress in Marseille (WCC) and the UN Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP15) in Kunming, China will be deciding moments for the future of our planet. We believe that youth are at the center of creating a movement in support of a new global deal for nature and taking action to protect it. The #NatureForAll Youth Champions will help create the space and youth empowerment to do just that.

Together with our partners, we are building a coordinated youth movement to channel through the #NatureForAll movement using key IUCN events in 2019 and 2020. If you or your organization is planning youth-centered activities at the III Latin American and Caribbean Congress of Protected Areas in Lima, Peru, the World Conservation Congress in Marseille, France, or any of the IUCN Regional Conservation Fora, please email Camila Perez Gabilondo detailing your plans, and be a part of this global movement. 

Read our latest news articles on the CEC website and submit your story to be featured on the website!

To apply yourself or invite others to become CEC members, please go to the new Commissions System

The IUCN World Conservation Congress is where the world comes together to set priorities and drive conservation and sustainable development action. IUCN’s 1300+ government, civil society and indigenous peoples’ Member organisations vote on major issues, action which guides humanity’s relationship with our planet for the decades ahead.

Open opportunities

Regional Fora
27-31 May – ORMACC, Antigua, Guatemala 
24-26 June - MED Office, Monastir, Tunisia 
24-25 June – WAS Office, Washington, USA  
1-3 July - EUROPE & ECARO, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
9-11 July – PACO, Bissau, Guinea Bissau
23-25 July - ESARO, Johannesburg, South Africa
30 July – 2 August – OCEANIA, Suva, Fiji
12-14 August – SUR. Cuidad del Este, Paraguay
9-11 Sept - ROWA, Kuwait
6-8 Nov – ARO, Islamabad, Pakistan
TBD - WAS, Ottawa

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