Story | 08 Nov, 2016
Prachuap Khiri Khan is a coastal province located on the western coast of the Gulf of Thailand. With 251 km of coastline, the province attracts many tourists, with Hua Hin being the best-known resort town. This is also the site of Marriott Hua Hin Resort and Spa, a partner of IUCN for the last…
Story | 08 Nov, 2016
Video: Gender inclusion in water governance
Gender integration in water governance policies received a boost in the Lower Mekong Region through a recent workshop co-organised by Oxfam and IUCN.
Story | 07 Nov, 2016
Antarctic Ocean breakthrough: Ross Sea to become world's largest marine protection area
The Ross Sea, considered by many scientists as the last intact marine ecosystem on the planet, is the first protected area in Antarctica, and home to most of the world’s penguins and many species of whale.
Story | 07 Nov, 2016
World Commission on Protected Areas - Marine: making a big splash for the future of our ocean
The 2014 World Parks Congress in Sydney saw a significant scaling-up of recognition of ocean issues by IUCN, WCPA-Marine and partners. Since then, much has taken place behind the scenes to expand WCPA-Marine action areas,whilst strengthening existing programmes, membership services and…
Story | 07 Nov, 2016
Scientists and media working together to foster climate change reporting in the Mediterranean
The 2nd meeting of environmental journalists from news agencies in the Mediterranean was held in Marrakech during the COP 22 on climate change.
Story | 04 Nov, 2016
Living Planet Report predicts global vertebrate population to drop by two-thirds by 2020
The latest Living Planet Report 2016, published by WWF in collaboration with Global Footprint Network and Zoological Society of London, shows that the overexploitation of natural resources due to human activities could cause wildlife worldwide to decline by 67% by 2020.
Story | 04 Nov, 2016
Marie Parramon Gurney: On Integrated Landscape Management
October 2016 - Marie Parramon Gurney is the lead coordinator in Africa for SUSTAIN, an initiative to implement the Sustainable Development Goals in African growth corridors with the aim of facilitating the greening of growth that is inclusive and climate-resilient.
Grey literature | 2016
Mainstreaming gender into Ghana's REDD+ process
This publication highlights the processes, approaches and tools, successes and challenges of Ghana’s journey towards mainstreaming of gender considerations into the national REDD+ process. It provides an avenue for sharing the Ghanaian experience with stakeholders at the local, national and…
Story | 03 Nov, 2016
The latest progress report on the New York Declaration on Forests (NYDF), released today, emphasises the important role played by forest landscape restoration and the Bonn Challenge in achieving international climate targets. With COP22 just around the corner, Carole Saint-Laurent, Deputy…
Story | 03 Nov, 2016
Fisheries conservation and governance in the Tonle Sap
2016 was a difficult year in the Tonle Sap as the severe drought and hot weather affected water, fish, and flooded forests, resources on which the vast majority of the 2 million people who live in and around the lake depend.