Story | 22 Apr, 2020
Earth Day 2020 - Message by Mahmood Akhtar Cheema, Country Representative, IUCN Pakistan
Today the Earth Day 2020 is being celebrated all over the world digitally due to COVID-19 crisis. This year, the theme is "Climate Action." The COVID-19 pandemic is also linked to the health of our ecosystem. Climate change, man-made changes to nature can increase contact and the transmission…
Story | 16 Mar, 2020
Fostering regional cooperation to strengthen wetlands conservation in the Indo-Burma Region
From 26 to 28 February, the Indo Burma Ramsar Regional Initiative (IBRRI) held its Third Annual Meeting in Siem Reap, Cambodia, with participants from governments, NGOs, and Ramsar International Organization Partners (IOPs). Participants shared successes and challenges in wetland conservation in…
Story | 03 Feb, 2020
Meeting of IUCN Executive Committee of Pakistan National Committee
A meeting of the Executive Committee of the IUCN Pakistan National Committee (PNC) was held on January 31, 2020 at the Islamabad Programme Office.
Story | 03 Feb, 2020
Karachi, January 30, 2020
The 20th meeting of the National Coordinating Body (NCB) of Mangroves for the Future Programme Pakistan was held on January 30, 2020 in Karachi today. The meeting was chaired by Ms.…
Story | 14 Jan, 2020
Conducting a beach debris monitoring programme in the coastal areas of Viet Nam
On January 1, 2020, Thailand introduced a ban on single-use plastic bags with the participation of 75 department stores, convenience stores and other shops with more than 24,500 branches nationwide.
Jointly published | 2019
Tangled roots and changing tides : mangrove governance for conservation and sustainable use
Mangroves cut across ecosystems, sectors, jurisdictions and governance regimes.
Grey literature | 2019
Tangled roots and changing tides : mangrove governance for conservation and sustainable use
Mangroves cut across ecosystems, sectors, jurisdictions and governance regimes.
Story | 03 Jan, 2020
Prioritising interventions to abate plastic pollution through plastic pollution hotspot methodology
At the World Water Week in Sweden in August 2019, IUCN launched a report on the need to develop a standard methodology to measure the extent of plastic pollution. To meet this need, IUCN and UN Environment Programme developed a “National Guidance for Plastic Pollution Hotspotting and Shaping…