Story | 26 Oct, 2023
Peru and Ecuador consolidate their history of transboundary water management cooperation
The Ministries of Foreign Affairs of both nations signed the IWRM Binational Commission Regulations.
Blog | 25 Oct, 2023
Brief note about Transforming Eastern Province through Adaptation (TREPA) project
Rwanda is ranked among African countries in terms of natural resource dependency. In recent years, over the last decade, the frequency and severity of climate related impacts, particularly floods, droughts and landslides have significantly increased, resulting in loss of lives, crop and…
Story | 27 Oct, 2023
Variety of economic impacts of plastics pollution summarised for islands in the Caribbean
In 2019 with support from Norad, IUCN launched the Plastic Waste Free Islands (PWFI) project, aiming to reduce plastic waste generation and leakage into the ocean in island nations in the Pacific and Caribbean regions. Economic assessments were conducted as part of the project in Antigua and…
News | 23 Oct, 2023
Accelerating Climate Transformation through Nature
Highlighting the ENACT-ing a Billion Campaign for integrated action on climate and biodiversity
News | 16 Oct, 2023
Promoting Nature-based Solutions for springshed management in Bhutan’s mountain ecosystems
From 18-21 September, IUCN Asia, together with the Department of Water, Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, Bhutan and the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), organised a training on springshed management as a Nature-based Solution for water security and…
Story | 13 Oct, 2023
IUCN Leaders Forum 2023 closes with call to action towards a nature-positive world
Geneva, Switzerland 13 October 2023 – The second IUCN Leaders Forum closed today with a rousing call to use cross-sector collaboration to turn the "tide for nature" and transform global commitments into inclusive action towards a nature-positive world.
News | 12 Oct, 2023
Huawei and IUCN to Expand Global Impact of Nature Conservation in Tech4Nature Phase 2
Gland, Switzerland, 12 October 2023 (IUCN) – Huawei and IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, have signed a strategic cooperation agreement to launch Phase 2 of the Tech4Nature partnership at the IUCN Leaders Forum in Geneva.
News | 10 Oct, 2023
IUCN Leaders Forum 2023 to drive action to halt nature loss
The second IUCN Leaders Forum opens in Geneva, Switzerland, and virtually from 11 to 13 October 2023 under the theme: Global goals for nature: Tracking progress, financing success.
News | 29 Sep, 2023
Nature-based Solutions Asian Hub launches to accelerate uptake in the region
Yancheng, China, 25 September 2023: the first meeting of the NbS Asian Hub was convened during the World Costal Forum in Yancheng, China, marking the official launch of the Hub as a collaboration mechanism between IUCN and China’s Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR).
Story | 21 Sep, 2023
Plastic project in the Pacific wraps up
In an effort to combat the alarming issue of plastic pollution in our oceans, stakeholders including government representatives, private sector, NGOs and CSOs of Fiji, Samoa and Vanuatu gathered in Port Via, Vanuatu from 16 – 17 August for the official handing over of the Plastic Waste Free…