Story | 06 Mar, 2019
"Forests at risk: Białowieża and beyond" Conference
The main aims of the conference were to raise global awareness of the urgent need to protect Białowieża Forest, the last temperate European lowland forest, from the threats of forest exploitation; and to stress wider concerns about the deep vulnerability of natural…
Story | 06 Mar, 2019
Asia’s largest coastal resource management programme sets sights on further growth
The continuous application of Mangroves for the Future’s (MFF) knowledge and governance structures to leverage and scale up MFF investments, share knowledge and influence national policy development, is critical in contributing to sustainable coastal resource management in Asia…
Story | 05 Mar, 2019
Reporting on nature in the Caribbean and Central America
Caribbean and Central American countries gathered in Barbados to exchange best practices, share experiences and work around the Sixth National Report on Biodiversity
Story | 05 Mar, 2019
M2PA Call for Proposals - Creating A Conservation Trust Fund for Marine Protected Areas
The Association for Sustainable Financing of Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas (M2PA) has announced a CFP to design a Mediterranean Conservation Trust Fund, focusing on projects in Morocco, Tunisia and Albania. Consultancy firms and experts are invited to apply.
Story | 05 Mar, 2019
Grass-fed livestock is one answer to climate change, not one of the problems
A new study, headed by Pablo Manzano from the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management, shows that greenhouse gas emissions in pastoralist systems will not differ from natural emissions by wild herbivores. Methodologies that account for livestock…
Story | 04 Mar, 2019
Restoration of Urban Longinoja Brook Wins Finnish Biodiversity Award 2017-2018
Perseverance in the voluntary restoration of the urban brook of Longinoja in the Malmi suburb of Helsinki won the Finnish Biodiversity Award 2017-2018. The winner was chosen by the National Committee of Finland of IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature. The award was given out in…
Story | 04 Mar, 2019
Under the Global Support Initiative for ICCAs, diverse and innovative approaches to mapping are helping to reveal more and more information about ICCAs, which is an abbreviation for the territories and areas conserved by indigenous peoples and local communities.
Story | 04 Mar, 2019
The Georgian Expert Assessment Group for the Green List established
The Green List journey has started in earnest in Georgia, with the formation of an Expert Assessment Group for the Green List (EAGL). Comprised of national experts from a range of diverse backgrounds, the 10 members of the Georgian EAGL are ready to lead…
Story | 04 Mar, 2019
Finland Publishes the Most Comprehensive Red List of Ecosystems in the World
The results of the extensive assessment for the Red List of all of Finland’s terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems were published in December 2018. The threat status of ecosystem or habitat types in Finland was now evaluated for the second time, using this time the new assessment methodology called…
Story | 04 Mar, 2019
Call for expressions of interest: experts on marine protected areas
IUCN is looking for expressions of interest from key experts to be involved in project development and/or implementation for an EU funded action to support specific Marine Protected Areas and/or degraded coastal and marine ecosystems around two basins: the South-…