Story | 23 Dec, 2020
Reducing waste volume through Extended Producer Responsibility: getting started in Viet Nam
On November 17, 2020, the National Assembly passed the new Environmental Protection Law, which stipulates Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for businesses in Viet Nam. This means that businesses and producers now bear the responsibility for the…
Story | 21 Dec, 2020
From Snares to Wares… Converting youth into conservation craftsmen
A new project in Uganda, the Snares to Wares initiative is transforming one of the most dangerous and problematic poaching weapons into inspiring pieces of art. The initiative supported by IUCN Save Our Species and co-funded by the European Union is working with youth and converted poachers, who…
Story | 18 Dec, 2020
A call to place nature at the centre of development strategies in the Western Balkans
The Green Agenda for the Western Balkans can become a reality only if we place nature more centrally in our development strategies and lead by example on that pathway, stressed Boris Erg on behalf of IUCN and BDTF SEE at the 5th Ministerial Meeting on Environment and Climate Action in the…
Story | 18 Dec, 2020
CEPF and IUCN launch new phase of investment in the Indo-Burma Hotspot
The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) and IUCN, serving as regional implementation team, are delighted to announce the launch of a new phase of investment in the Indo-Burma Biodiversity Hotspot. Over the period 2020 to 2025, CEPF will award at least US$10 million in grants for…
Story | 17 Dec, 2020
“Operación Atacama”, the Recovery of Trafficked Threatened Cacti
For over a year, the IUCN SSC Cactus and Succulent Plants Specialist Group (CSSG), Associazione per la Biodiversitá e la sua Conservazione (Italy) and Universidad de Concepción (Chile) have collaborated with Italian and Chilean authorities in…
Story | 17 Dec, 2020
Establishment of the Global Gibbon Network Initiative
The following statement was announced by Dr Jane Smart, Global Director of the Biodiversity Conservation Group and Director of the Global Species Programme at IUCN, at the fifth Anniversary Celebration of International Gibbon Day on Saturday 24 October 2020. The event was held in Haikou, Hainan…
Story | 16 Dec, 2020
Nature O’Clock IUCN Members Webinar: sustainable agriculture explained!
On 11 December 2020, the IUCN European Regional Office hosted the third "Nature O'Clock" webinar, now focussing on sustainable agriculture.
Story | 15 Dec, 2020
Buenos Aires, Argentina. 15th December 2020 — The Center will act as a regional support hub for the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™, to IUCN conservation planning and to mobilizing species recovery action.
Story | 14 Dec, 2020
The show must go on: Online Red List Assessor Training Workshop for experts in Republic of Korea
Together with the Ministry of Environment and the National Institute of Biological Resources of the Republic of Korea (ROK), IUCN has launched the IUCN-Republic of Korea Global Red List Partnership.
Story | 14 Dec, 2020
5th International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC5) is on, new dates announced.
The new dates for IMPAC5, Vancouver, Canada, have been announced: 3-9 February, 2023. Co-hosts IUCN and the Canadian Government, together with the international committee for IMPAC5, invite you to prepare.