Story | 26 Nov, 2020
Regional biodiversity knowledge hub launched in Eastern and Southern Africa
IUCN, RCMRD - the Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development, and partners have officially launched the Regional Resource Hub and one of its flagship knowledge products, the most comprehensive analysis on the state of protected areas in Eastern and Southern Africa
Story | 24 Nov, 2020
CEM Ecosystem Restoration Thematic Group webinar
Story | 24 Nov, 2020
Launch of the IUCN WCPA Best Practice Guidelines on Geoconservation in Protected and Conserved Areas
These Best Practice Guidelines, No.31 in the IUCN WCPA series, are the first to address a fundamental part of nature - geodiversity and geoheritage and its protection and conservation.
Story | 23 Nov, 2020
Learn more about ecological restoration
Ecosystem Management Webinars: "Ecosystem Restoration: Global Initiatives in Science and Practice"
Publication | 2020
State of protected and conserved areas in Eastern and Southern Africa
State of protected and conserved areas in Eastern and Southern Africa is the first report that brings together information on protected and conserved areas for the whole Eastern and Southern Africa region. The Eastern and Southern Africa region covers 24 countries from South Africa in the south…
Publication | 2020
Guidelines for geoconservation in protected and conserved areas
These Guidelines are intended to help improve the conservation and management of geoheritage and geodiversity in protected and conserved areas and recognition of the interrelationships and interactions with biological features and processes. They are not a textbook on geoconservation management…
Blog | 19 Nov, 2020
Conserving land health is a common concern for both the agriculture and conservation sectors, and will be central to a post-Covid19 recovery. Following the publication of its seminal Common Ground report on agriculture and biodiversity, IUCN held a…
Story | 09 Nov, 2020
People, Nature and Justice: Ecosystem-based Adaptation in Cities of the Global South
Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) encompasses a broad set of approaches to adapt to climate change, that involve the management of ecosystems and their services to reduce the vulnerability of human communities. EbA has gained popularity as an approach to climate adaptation, and a wide body of…
Story | 05 Nov, 2020
Call for papers: Planning effective conservation landscapes
The scientific journal Land is still inviting submissions to the special issue "Planning Effective Conservation Landscapes for Nature and People: What Have We Learned?". The extended deadline for manuscript submissions is 15 January 2022.
Publication | 2020
Investing in nature and nature-based solutions is an important pathway to address the current ecological crisis. The loss of biodiversity, with around one million animal and plant species threatened with extinction, is putting at risk our economies, livelihoods, food security, health, and…