Forests are under the spotlight as never before. They are globally important in regulating climate and locally important in sustaining communities and supporting biodiversity. But with unsustainable logging, and agriculture and biofuel producers competing for land, forests, and the people who depend on them, are under increasing pressure.
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Turning the Big Plan into Big Action
Talks to evaluate progress in halting the loss of nature will take place 8-19 October in Hyderabad, India at the 11th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP11). Governments meeting in Hyderabad will discuss progress towards the implementation of decisions taken at the Nagoya Biodiversity Summit in 2010, including the 2020 Aichi Targets to save and restore nature. IUCN urges governments to turn their commitments into action and invest in nature to achieve broader development goals, such as food security and stable economies. …
01 Oct 2012 | Media advisory
IUCN China co-organizes “Workshop on Forest Landscape Restoration and Metropolitan Water Source Protection Partnerships”
Over 30 representatives from China’s governmental departments, research institutions, and NGOs attended the Workshop on Forest Landscape Restoration and Metropolitan Water Source Protection Partnerships on 3 September, in Beijing. …
25 Sep 2012 | Article
Investment guide to ‘triple win’ from locally controlled forestry
The most detailed discussions to date between investors and forest rights-holders have resulted in new guidance for investments that can create a ‘triple win’ of returns for investors, livelihood security for local communities and protection for forests. …
24 Sep 2012 | News story
“森林景观恢复及大都市水源地保护伙伴关系研讨会”在京举行
9月4日 北京 - 北京林学会和IUCN（世界自然保护联盟）于2012年9月3日在北京渔阳饭店共同举办了“森林景观恢复及大都市水源地保护伙伴关系国际研讨会”，探讨如何通过森林景观层面的恢复来达到保护水源地并且保障日益增长的大都市生产生活用水需求。 …
24 Sep 2012 | Article
Basins of the Future: Connecting water from source to city
Growing urban populations and economic growth are putting more pressure on the watersheds and infrastructure supplying water to cities. This is where IUCN and IWA have joined forces in pulling together their knowledge, networks and resources to strengthen nature-based solutions for water security in urban areas. …
21 Sep 2012 | News story
Green gets gold at Nature’s Olympics
Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, 15 September 2012 (IUCN) – As economic difficulties continue to dominate international debate, IUCN’s World Conservation Congress has put nature back centre stage in the quest to recover our natural assets and use nature to solve a growing list of economic and social issues. … | French | Spanish
15 Sep 2012 | IUCN statement
Global landscape restoration momentum builds at Korean High Level Dialogue
The largest restoration initiative the world has ever seen - now known as the Bonn Challenge - gathered momentum today at a Ministerial High Level Dialogue at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Jeju, Korea. …
10 Sep 2012 | Article
Restoring world’s forests proven to boost local economies and reduce poverty
Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, 8 September 2012 (IUCN). A 5-year programme to restore forest landscapes in 23 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America has demonstrated their crucial role in creating jobs and boosting incomes for local residents. … | French | Spanish
08 Sep 2012 | International news release
Place forests under local control to increase incomes and sustainability
To increase the incomes of many of the billion forest-dependent people worldwide the current model for investment in forests must be turned on its head. An initiative of unprecedented scale, led by The Forests Dialogue (TFD), IUCN and the Growing Forests Partnerships (GFP), has found that optimizing the benefits and productivity of forests requires moving from a ‘resource-led’ model to a ‘rights-based’ system of ‘locally controlled forestry’, that places local control of forests at the heart of the investment process … | French | Spanish
07 Sep 2012 | News story
Take a Forest Walk at IUCN congress
We are proposing three "Forest Walks" as journeys through the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Jeju, Korea. The attached document details the walks. …
04 Sep 2012 | Article
