Story | 02 Feb, 2017
MFF/FAO joint report: New low-cost mechanism for investing in mangrove protection and restoration
Mangroves for the Future (MFF) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have designed a new low-cost mechanism that enables investors to promote mangrove conservation and restoration through provision of funding to local communities.
Story | 01 Feb, 2017
Paper reveals severity of human footprint and forest loss in natural World Heritage sites
The majority of natural World Heritage sites are under increasing pressure from human activities, according to a new analysis quantifying for the first time changes in human footprint and forest loss in over 100 terrestrial natural World Heritage sites.
Story | 01 Feb, 2017
Mangroves – green coastal guardians
Today, a rapidly increasing number of people are flocking to the coasts – to build their homes, to spend their holidays or to conduct business activities. Meanwhile, climate change is turning coasts into increasingly hazardous living environments. Human conversion of coastal ecosystems is…
Story | 01 Feb, 2017
IUCN welcomes Fiji’s new Environment Director
Fiji’s Department of Environment (DOE) will continue to engage with the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to address the country’s environmental commitments. This was highlighted during a briefing to welcome Fiji’s new Director of Environment.
Story | 31 Jan, 2017
Moving forward the Red List of Ecosystems and the Important plants Areas in Lebanon
A workshop on the Red List of Ecosystems (RLE) was organized for the first time in Lebanon on January 20th, 2017. The aim of this meeting was to provide a short training on the RLE methodology and to evaluate the feasibility to conduct a Red List of forest ecosystems assessment in Lebanon in…
Story | 31 Jan, 2017
Pulau Tioman, a key Malaysian ecosystem
by Gabriel Van Duinen, Young WCPA Member, Geographer
Pulau Tioman is home to tropical rainforests, intertidal zone habitats and coral reefs which house a variety of critically endangered species. Rapid overdevelopment and tourism have put significant stress on Tioman’s fragile ecosystems…
Story | 31 Jan, 2017
IUCN and DMCR collaboration continues to strengthen
After a year of strategic cooperation between the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) Thailand and IUCN Thailand, a meeting was held on 26 December, 2016 at the DMCR office in Bangkok to discuss the progress of the collaboration and provide updates on IUCN-led marine and coastal…
Story | 31 Jan, 2017
First-ever biodiversity and ecosystem training for Ultratech Cements Ltd. in India
IUCN has been working with Ultratech Cements Limited to enhance the company’s performance towards biodiversity conservation. A key component of the engagement is to build understanding of biodiversity and ecosystem service related challenges amongst the Ultratech staff. As such, IUCN organised a…
Story | 31 Jan, 2017
Dr Ananda Mallawatantri addresses visiting students of Johns Hopkins University
As part of a comparative report on Kenya, Peru, and Sri Lanka towards the commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of the Forest Charter, Professor Tiffany Basciano of the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) led a group of students to Sri Lanka. These students attached to the School of Advanced…
Story | 29 Jan, 2017
RIT visit CEPF funded project in Choiseul
Members of the IUCN RIT for East Melanesia were honoured to join the Ecological Solutions Solomon Islands (ESSI) team as they conducted tribal meetings in South Choiseul last week.