Project | 01 jun, 2017 - 30 nov, 2022
Project | 01 nov, 2019 - 31 jul, 2024
Nature-based Solutions for Resilient Societies in the Western Balkans
Story | 05 mei, 2023
Western Balkan Officials on Nature-based Solutions Study Tour to Bonn
Four days of diverse, interesting, and interactive activities brought together decision-makers, practitioners, and policymakers from the Western Balkans and representatives from affiliated UN and government institutions to the City of Bonn to exchange and explore the role of Nature-based…
Story | 25 jul, 2022
Building the knowledge and capacity on Nature-based Solutions in the Western Balkans
IUCN team of experts has delivered a set of training events in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Serbia from March to July 2022 aiming to facilitate experience sharing, strengthen knowledge, and sensitise decision-makers, planners, and practitioners on the role of Nature-based…
Story | 20 jul, 2022
Enhancing legal and policy frameworks for Nature-based Solutions in the Western Balkans
Until now, there has been no systematic and consistent approach to legal and policy analysis that addresses the integration of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) into development strategies, sectoral policies and legal instruments to tackle climate change and disaster risks. In responding to this gap…
Story | 12 okt, 2021
The Bonn Challenge/ECCA30 initiative welcomes three new pledges from the region
Three new regional Bonn Challenge pledges were announced today at the Ministerial Meeting on Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) and the ECCA30/Bonn Challenge in Eastern and South-East Europe organised by FAO and UNECE, in cooperation with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN…
Story | 22 feb, 2021
University of Edinburgh artists and IUCN explore the nature of cities
The Edinburgh College of Art, a leading international art college within the University of Edinburgh, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the world’s largest and most diverse…
Story | 05 sep, 2019
Cities launch park-based programmes to reap health, biodiversity, and financial harvest
Urban biodiversity and healthy natural ecosystems offer a range of benefits to human society, including providing cleaner water, reducing flood risk and storing carbon.
Story | 21 nov, 2017
Taking nature into account can accelerate global Sustainable Development Goals, says IUCN
As leaders from business, government and the conservation community prepare to demonstrate the latest advances to value and measure natural capital in their supply chains and national policies, greater action is needed to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, says IUCN.