Story | 11 Nov, 2019
Largest regional conservation forum: Nature-based solutions key to securing Asia’s future
Islamabad, Pakistan, 8 November 2019 — At the closing of the 7th IUCN Asia Regional Conservation Forum held in Islamabad, Pakistan, IUCN urged governments, NGOs and the private sector to adopt nature-based solutions to address environment and…
Story | 09 Nov, 2019
Accord cadre entre l’UICN et l’Algérie pour la conservation et la gestion durable de la biodiversité
Dans le cadre de la visite en Andalousie de la délégation algérienne conduite par le Secrétaire général du Ministère de l'Environnement et des Énergies Renouvelables de l’Algérie.
Story | 08 Nov, 2019
UICN participó en el diálogo sobre Océanos, cambio climático y la Agenda 2030 durante la PreCOP25
En la PreCOP se reflexionó sobre la ciencia, la política y las herramientas disponibles para visibilizar y aprovechar las oportunidades que ofrecen los océanos para hacer frente al cambio climático y sus efectos. En este contexto, el Dr. Alejandro Iza invitó a invitó a la comunidad internacional…
Story | 08 Nov, 2019
Understanding tools for protected area management, governance and social impacts
BIOPAMA Eastern and Southern Africa recently hosted a Regional Assessment Tool Workshop in partnership with the Government of Zambia in Livingstone, Zambia.
Story | 08 Nov, 2019
Bringing hope to Africa’s Sahel through the Great Green Wall Initiative
In support of the GGW initiative, The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is executing a project titled ‘closing the gaps in the Great Green Wall’, which is funded by GEF and implemented by UN Environment, in 11 countries. The…
Story | 07 Nov, 2019
Bahrain Women Association graduates First Group of Environmental Youth Ambassadors
البحرين النسائية تخرّج الفوج الأول من مشروع سفراء البيئة الشباب
Story | 07 Nov, 2019
Islamabad, Pakistan, 6 November 2019 -The 7th International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Asia Regional Conservation Forum – one of Asia’s most important nature conservation events - kicked-off today with a strong focus on convening a…
Story | 06 Nov, 2019
Rio Doce Panel debates the importance of protected areas in the context of disasters
Representatives of the Rio Doce Panel and IUCN Brazil presented the case of the Rio Doce Basin during the III Congress of Protected Areas of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAPLAC), in Lima, Peru.
Story | 06 Nov, 2019
CEOs plan for balanced growth in support of sustainable development
The CEO Roundtable of Tanzania (CEOrt) in partnership with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), through its SUSTAIN-Africa Initiative are working out a financing model that will give priority to projects that will not have negative…
Story | 05 Nov, 2019
Pioneering regional project to create locally managed marine areas (LMMAs) launched in Seychelles
The national component of an exciting new regional project coordinated by IUCN called "Enhancing coastal and marine socio-ecological resilience and biodiversity conservation in the Western Indian Ocean,” has just been launched in Seychelles.