Story | 12 Apr, 2015
World Water Forum: From crises to opportunities
Every three years, the World Water Forum puts water into the global spotlight. This 7th edition, which started on Sunday 12 April in Daegu and Gyeongju, Republic of Korea, will focus on moving from policy talk to implementation – on how to put proven solutions to water challenges into wider use…
Story | 08 Apr, 2015
World Forum on Natural Capital calls for ground-breaking case studies
Organizers of the second World Forum on Natural Capital, including IUCN, have issued a call for case studies that demonstrate how putting natural capital at the heart of decision-making can benefit companies’ bottom line, as well as the environment.
Grey literature | 2015
Women in environmental decision making : case studies in Ecuador, Liberia, and the Philippines
Across the globe, women are heavily involved in the environmental sector, including in agriculture, fisheries, forestry, and in adapting to and mitigating climate change. However, women's participation and representation in decision-making processes that pertain to their and their families'…
Story | 12 Mar, 2015
Demystifying the World's Forest Landscape Restoration Opportunities
A global movement to restore deforested and degraded forest landscapes is emerging. What should forest landscape restoration achieve? And where should it occur?
Grey literature | 2014
Women at the forefront of the clean energy future
Developed through a literature review and individual consultations with experts and validated through an experts' workshop, this white paper considers the most recent work on the intersection of gender and energy. It intends to demonstrate that gender equality can be a driver for more effective…
Press release | 19 Feb, 2015
Call for papers on: Enhancing food security through forest landscape restoration
Forest landscape restoration can dramatically improve food security in rural areas - but we need more evidence to understand how best this works, and where. We are calling for new research papers linking landscape restoration to food security.
Story | 02 Feb, 2015
IUCN’s new Director General engages global leaders in Davos
As one of her first acts, IUCN Director General Inger Andersen participated in the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
Story | 28 Jan, 2015
Failing to protect nature's capital could cost businesses trillions
This OpEd piece by IUCN Director General Inger Andersen originally appeared on Guardian Sustainable Business.
Story | 12 Jan, 2015
Inger Andersen takes up her duties as IUCN Director General
This week IUCN extends a warm welcome to Inger Andersen as she takes on her new role as Director General.
Story | 17 Dec, 2014
Conservation is about people, and a key part of SOS Grantee Wildlife Conservation Society's (WCS) work to save threatened coastal cetaceans in Bangladesh explains Brian D. Smith, WCS Programme Director. That entails reaching out to fishing communities in culturally respectful and interactive…