Water
Rio Summit Closing statement: 20 years on, civil society leads
Governments are leaving the UN’s Sustainable Development Summit (Rio +20) with a big deal but little action. Groups of civil society and business have proved they can lead the way towards a sustainable future. …
22 Jun 2012 | News story
Opening Statement Rio+20: Invest in Nature, says IUCN
Policy-makers must rethink economic growth, promote social equity and ensure environmental protection, says IUCN at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio. …
20 Jun 2012 | News story
Blog: Negotiating [clean] water in Rio
My first day in Rio was yesterday. I was off the plane at 6 am, to the hotel and then straight to Rio Centro for a lunchtime side event with the Ramsar Secretariat on the upcoming TEEB study on water and wetlands. …
18 Jun 2012 | News story
Rio+20 Launch: TEEB for Water and Wetlands
A new TEEB -The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity- initiative for Water and Wetlands will be launched at the UN's Summit on Sustainable Development on 15 June in Rio, Brazil. …
13 Jun 2012 | News story
Sink or Swim: Documentary Awards - Call for Entries
IUCN in collaboration with the Goethe Institute, CGIAR, SIDA, and the Thai Film Foundation are organising the Southeast Asian Students Documentary Awards, a competition to encourage the art of documentary filmmaking in the Asia region as a platform to engage with pressing social and environmental issues. …
06 Jun 2012 | News story
Sharing benefits across borders: Messages from Mekong2Rio
Innovative and collaborative actions that foster positive results are instrumental in encouraging further cooperation between sovereign countries, was the message from IUCN to the participants of Mekong2Rio, an international conference organized by the Mekong River Commission in Phuket, Thailand from 1-3 May 2012. …
04 Jun 2012 | News story
Celebrating wetlands in Vietnam
The 4th Forum on “Nature and culture conservation for the sustainable development of the Mekong Delta” was held on 21 May 2012 in the city of Cao Lanh, Dong Thap province, Vietnam. On the following day, a ceremony was organised to celebrate the Listing of Tram Chim National Park as the country’s 4th Ramsar Site and the number 2,000 site worldwide. …
30 May 2012 | News story
A water secure future for Southern Africa
USAID/Southern Africa, in collaboration with the Development Grants Program (DGP) has awarded USD 2 million to IUCN to support the three-year project 'A Water Secure Future for Southern Africa: Applying the Ecosystem Approach in the Orange-Senqu Basin'. …
25 May 2012 | News story
Dams in West Africa: Building dialogue
Large dams have brought significant benefits in West Africa and are likely to provide more in the future. Providing electricity, improving irrigation, supplying drinking water are some of the benefits from large dams for communities in the region. … | French
16 May 2012 | News story
Animated video on climate change adaptation
A new animated video 'Adaptación al Cambio Climático: Gente y Ecosistemas', was recently developed by the IUCN Mesoamerica office. …
30 Apr 2012 | News story
