Story | 26 Oct, 2020
PWFI advancing its work in the Caribbean
Asia Pacific Waste Consultants (APWC), engaged by IUCN within the Plastic Waste-Free Islands (PWFI) project to create a flow analysis of plastics, has hired local teams in Grenada and Saint Lucia to gather in country and field-based auditing data on…
Story | 22 Oct, 2020
An intense day for biodiversity: IUCN busy with the EU Green Week, and MEPs discussing on the CAP
Tuesday 21 October was a remarkably busy day for the IUCN European Regional Office, in the context of the EU Green Week 2020. EU Biodiversity Targets for Protected Areas and Nature Restoration at the top of the Agenda
Story | 15 Oct, 2020
South Africa approves climate change, emissions reduction and waste management plans
IUCN is supporting National governments and stakeholders in the Eastern and Southern Africa region to integrate a circular economy approach in addressing and reducing plastic pollution.
Story | 15 Oct, 2020
Spotlight on two new IUCN Member organisations: Gallifrey Foundation and ConservationX Labs
The IUCN is a powerful union of members from government and civil society organisations. Twenty-eight new member organisations have recently become part of that union.
We asked two of our new members about their separate journeys to marine conservation successes and current goals. Here…
Story | 14 Oct, 2020
10 years of IUCN filmmaking on ocean issues
Over the years, IUCN, through its global and regional programmes and its commissions, has sought to bring attention to pressing marine issues and solutions. The release of films and short videos has brought attention to the importance and vulnerability of marine ecosystems, with images from…
Story | 22 Sep, 2020
Guide to identifying ecosystem services in protected areas
CEESP News: by Kasandra-Zorica Ivanić, Sue Stolton, Carolina Figueroa Arango and Nigel Dudley
What do protected areas give back to local and more distant communities, if anything?
A new tool from the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas helps us find out. The Protected Areas…
Story | 22 Sep, 2020
The Ministry of Climate Change has launched the Consortium to undertake Third Party Monitoring for its flagship Ten Billion Tree Tsunami Programme (TBTTP). The Government of Pakistan has mandated the Consortium which consists of IUCN, FAO and WWF to conduct the Third Party Monitoring and…
Story | 08 Sep, 2020
Dear Colleagues and Friends,
It is with great personal sadness that we announce the death of Dr. Biliana Cicin-Sain. Our beloved leader and friend passed away last Tuesday, 1 September 2020 as a result of lung cancer.
Press release | 08 Sep, 2020
Farmers could substantially boost productivity by conserving soil biodiversity – IUCN report
Gland, Switzerland, 8 September (IUCN) – By increasing the biodiversity of soils through sustainable practices, farmers could deliver substantial benefits for food and water security as well as climate change mitigation and adaptation, according to a new IUCN report published…
Story | 04 Sep, 2020
Three landscape conservation projects converge in the Kilombero Valley
Kilombero Valley in Tanzania is an area of high biodiversity – including a Ramsar listed wetland – that is under ever-increasing human pressure. It is also part of the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT), a public-private partnership initiated through…