About ROWA
IUCN Regional Office for West Asia (ROWA) was established in 2004 in Amman, Jordan. It comprises of 13 countries including Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, the Syrian Arab Republic, Yemen and Iran in addition to the Gulf countries including Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.
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ROWA aims to be active in all 13 countries in various conservation and sustainable development activities.
Description 1
ROWA aims to be active in all 13 countries in various conservation and sustainable development activities.
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Factsheet
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2019
This first of a series of Issue Papers analyse the impacts on economic activities, the path decpendecy and measures to create new opportunities of livelihoods for the Rio Doce watershed.
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Press release
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06 Dec, 2022
Bangkok, Thailand, 6 December 2022 (IUCN) – The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will lead the Indo…
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Information brief
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2023
In 2022, the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL) created the Plastic Pollution Task Force to provide insights and support to the Treaty negotiation process. The following series of six…
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Story
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03 Mar, 2024
Seven new conservation sites were established when the LAMACCA Kiwa Initiative project team conducted their capacity trainings for community conservation and environment committees in South Malekula…