Story | 29 Sep, 2016
Enabling rights-based REDD+ frameworks in tropical countries
Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) can improve lives, protect forests and biodiversity, and mitigate climate change. Forests serve as natural storage sinks for carbon, and deforestation is the second leading cause of carbon emissions contributing to climate…
Story | 28 Sep, 2016
Event: Sharing knowledge from REDD+ projects in Ghana, Mexico and Peru
On September 29, 2016, IUCN’s Global Forest Programme (GFP) is hosting a learning exchange on benefit sharing mechanisms in REDD+ initiatives at the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) Assembly Meeting. The event is taking place in Accra, Ghana and will be live streamed so you can tune in…
Story | 19 Sep, 2016
Valuing lessons learned leading to good practice: crab resources enhancement in Bang Son Bay
Community-based coastal resources management works: IUCN recently visited two successful ‘crab banks’ in Bang Son Bay, where crab resources are enhanced by keeping female crabs in a shelter until they hatch their eggs, allowing them to release thousands of offspring into the sea. These crab…
Story | 06 Sep, 2016
Experiencias de restauración de paisajes forestales: de los bosques de Centroamérica al mundo entero
El pasado 03 de septiembre en el Congreso Mundial para la Conservación de la Naturaleza, las organizaciones miembro de UICN: FUNDECOR, CALMECAC, Fondo CRNA y ANCON presentaron sus experiencias de trabajo y lecciones aprendidas con proyectos de restauración forestal en América Central, manejados…
Story | 06 Sep, 2016
FUNDAECO decidió abordar la pregunta clave: ¿Cómo pueden las comunidades rurales vivir sosteniblemente, si las mujeres viven en la insostenibilidad? Para lo que se desarrolló un intercambio de ideas.
Story | 29 Aug, 2016
IUCN Congress set to debate new global policy on biodiversity offsets
As governments and business struggle to reconcile conservation and economic goals, the IUCN World Conservation Congress will debate the first-ever global policy on biodiversity offsets -- a mechanism increasingly used to compensate for the residual negative impacts of development projects on…
Story | 23 Aug, 2016
Partnerships of purpose at IUCN Congress: Collaborating to protect and maintain healthy forests
Bringing together governments, businesses and local communities in forest projects is not an easy task, but it is crucial to the success of these undertakings. At IUCN Congress, we are showcasing some of these exceptional stories of collaboration and dialogue from partners and projects around…
Story | 18 Aug, 2016
Blog: Vulture conservation − Changing our conservation approach for the better
In South Asia, vulture populations have reduced drastically since 1990s due to veterinary use of pain-killers. Highlighting some recent developments in Bangladesh, this article explains how conserving vultures gives us an opportunity to change the…
Story | 16 Aug, 2016
IUCN and Oxfam collaborate to enhance gender integration in the lower Mekong
Gender integration in water governance policies received a boost in the Lower Mekong Region through a recent workshop co-organised by Oxfam and IUCN. Held from July 11 to 12 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, the workshop provided a platform for knowledge-sharing and dialogue for over 50…
Story | 03 Aug, 2016
Tell us your water story and win a prize
Are you working in conservation? In forest, marine, climate change areas or others? Has water made an unexpected appearance in your work? Then we are looking for your story.