Story | 17 May, 2022
IAIA'22: Building trust and engagement through impact assessment
The Rio Doce Panel and IUCN Secretariat participation at IAIA'22
Story | 06 May, 2022
Monitoring, evaluation, and learning in the Rio Doce Panel
A strategy to comprehensively assess the direct and indirect influence of the Panel's recommendations on the reparation of the Rio Doce Basin
Story | 03 May, 2022
Integrated approaches and Nature-based solutions for the restoration of degraded landscapes
Recommendations from the Rio Doce Panel on the restoration of the Basin affected by the failure of a mining tailings dam
Story | 21 Apr, 2022
Alcoa Foundation, IUCN partner to support critical research on ecosystem restoration
PITTSBURGH, April 21, 2022—Alcoa Foundation today announced a partnership with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to investigate how ecosystem restoration projects can successfully contribute to biodiversity and community benefits under different environmental and social…
Story | 12 Apr, 2022
IUCN welcomes two new Members in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
ArAves, a member-based conservation organisation from Armenia and the Urban Research Institute from Albania have joined IUCN, the world’s largest global environmental network. We wish them a warm welcome and look forward to their engagement and contributions!
Story | 16 Mar, 2022
In Memoriam: Ronald G. Petocz (1941-2022)
Dr. Ronald G. Petocz passed away on 21 February 2022, at the age of 81. A valued member of the IUCN WCPA, Dr Petocz supported protected areas throughout Asia, and his passing is mourned by the conservation community.
Story | 14 Feb, 2022
Assessing the impacts of the Fundão dam failure on coastal and marine environments
Experts gather in five workshop sessions to discuss the coastal and marine impacts caused by the Fundão dam collapse in 2015.
Story | 02 Feb, 2022
Safeguarding the wetlands in the Buna delta
To celebrate the 2022 World Wetlands Day, the Living Buna project partners release two videos portraying the efforts of the local community to safeguard the wetlands in the Buna River delta in Albania.
Story | 31 Jan, 2022
Harnessing Independent Scientific Advice to Reconcile Conservation and Economic Development Goals
*Article by Gerard Bos and Steve Edwards
Story | 27 Jan, 2022
Symposium on Peatlands in Lao PDR
Over the course of two days during 21 and 22 January 2022, the MONRE Vice Minister Chanthaneth Boualapha presided over Lao People’s Democratic Republic’s (Lao PDR) first ever Symposium on Peatlands, held in Viengkham Districts, Vientiane Province.