Story | 05 Sep, 2019
Aishah's lifelong dedication to protecting nature and inspiring others to do the same is recognised with an IUCN CEC award.
Story | 01 Aug, 2019
Over 200 experts, specialists, senior Government officials, community and youth representatives from 24 countries of Eastern and Southern Africa declared a call for action to secure a future for Nature, People and Future generations in Africa, at the ESARO Regional Conservation Forum (RCF) held…
Story | 03 Jul, 2019
Preservation of Biodiversity in Madagascar National Parks: Feasibility studies launched
How does investing in biodiversity conservation lead to climate change resilience? IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature has partnered with Madagascar National Parks (MNP) to conduct a set of feasibility studies that will provide answers to this question.
Story | 24 Jun, 2019
BIOPAMA - Call for proposals for medium grants launched
Today, 24 June 2019, BIOPAMA launches the first call for proposals for medium grants (up to 400 000 EUR) in the frame of its “Action component”.
Story | 24 Jun, 2019
The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands has funded a Rwf22bn project to preserve Sebeya and other catchments in Rwanda. The project titled ‘Landscape Restoration and Integrated Water Resources Management in Sebeya and other Catchments’will be implemented by Rwanda Water and Forestry…
Story | 22 Jun, 2019
Swedish Crown Princess visits Viet Nam, country struggling with plastic pollution
Sweden’s relationship with Viet Nam goes back 50 years. Viet Nam is one of the top five countries with mismanaged waste ending up in the ocean, so it is not surprising that Sweden’s Crown Princess Victoria is especially concerned about plastic…
Story | 19 Jun, 2019
A lifetime dedication to Tanzania's National Parks
Paul Banga is a Tanzanian dedicated to nature conservation and wildlife management. He has a career of over 22 years with the Tanzania National Parks (TANAPA), from park cadet to currently responsible for managing all the development investment programmes. He has a clear vision for further…
Story | 04 Jun, 2019
USAID, IUCN AND THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY PARTNER TO PROTECT EAST AFRICA'S NATURAL RESOURCES
USAID has partnered with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the East African Community (EAC) to develop a project called Conserving Natural Capital and Enhancing Collaborative Management of Transboundary Resources (CONNECT).
Story | 31 May, 2019
Madagascar: pilot for the development of a Regional Resource Hub
The Regional Resource Hub (RRH) is the regionally tailored name for the BIOPAMA regional observatory for Eastern and Southern Africa hosted by RCMRD, the Regional Centre for Mapping Resources for Development. The Regional Resource Hub covers the 24 countries in Eastern and Southern Africa and…
Story | 31 May, 2019
Green List retreat in Kenya: a bottom up brainstorming
The results of the brainstorming session of the Kenyan Green List retreat are all included in the Green List 2019-2021 roadmap for Kenya. The roadmap can certainly be helpful to other established or future Green List countries and will contribute to build an EAGL network aiming at sharing…