Story | 17 Nov, 2021
“If we fail here, we will fail everywhere.” Campaign to support the statement with call to arms #UniteForNature
Story | 16 Nov, 2021
Throughout 2021, Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) collaborated with local and national government agencies and community members surrounding Boeung Prek Lapouv Protected Landscape to restore flooded forests and seasonally inundated…
Story | 11 Nov, 2021
Jointly with the Australian Government's Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, IUCN is setting up the Blue Carbon Accelerator Fund (BCAF)
Story | 10 Nov, 2021
Global launch of the Great Blue Wall
Movement launched to conserve and restore marine and coastal biodiversity while unlocking the development of a regenerative sustainable blue economy
At the UNFCCC COP26 in Glasgow, Western Indian Ocean states and partners including International Union for Conservation of…
Story | 10 Nov, 2021
Community-based Environmental Monitoring special section in BioScience
Over recent decades, community-based environmental monitoring has exploded in popularity. A special section in BioScience describes the potential for such efforts to advance the scientific enterprise well into the future…
Story | 10 Nov, 2021
Developing capacity on governance and equity: A co-learning approach in ESARO
The theme of equity in area based conservation has never been more topical. Set against the background of the draft and ambitious targets of the CBD Global Biodiversity Framework, nature conservation must place an emphasis on equitable approaches that recognise the rights, governance systems,…
Story | 10 Nov, 2021
Coastal and marine conservation is critical to Zanzibar’s Blue Economy drive
As world leaders convene at the UNFCCC COP26 in Glasgow, the Zanzibar Ministry of Blue Economy and Fisheries, in collaboration with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the European Union Delegation to Tanzania and Embassies of Ireland and France, are calling for increased…
Story | 09 Nov, 2021
State Parties in the Pacific reassess their priorities concerning the World Heritage
UNESCO, in partnership with IUCN Oceania, is currently developing the fourth edition of the Pacific Regional World Heritage Ac
Story | 06 Nov, 2021
The Sebou river: assessment of a North African treasure
Rivers are the lifelines of nature, carrying water and nutrients to all parts of the world. They provide us with clean drinking water and food, and are home to some of the most diverse and threatened wildlife in the world. In the light of the World Rivers Day 2021, IUCN has launched an…
Story | 05 Nov, 2021
Fostering collaboration to ensure a more climate change resilient Kye-In Lake in Myanmar
Supported by IUCN’s Mekong WET project, Friends of Wildlife (FOW) Myanmar’s “Supporting Systematic Management of Kye-in Lake” grant has worked with local stakeholders to provide solutions to the impacts of overfishing, agricultural encroachment…