Story | 03 Nov, 2017
Xianju and IUCN make historic collaboration agreement
IUCN have formally accepted Xianju County, China, as partners in the IUCN Green List programme.
Story | 02 Nov, 2017
Cooperative governance of the Ganges Brahmaputra Meghna Basins (GBM) region was strengthened through the recent launch of a Civil Society Organisation (CSO) vision for improved transboundary water management. The vision, which was developed by a network of over 25 CSOs from Bangladesh, Bhutan,…
Story | 02 Nov, 2017
From 24 to 25 August 2017, IUCN, in collaboration with the Thai Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) hosted the “Regional Seminar on Marine Protected Area for Transboundary Resources.” Attended by representatives from Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Indonesia, and China, the seminar…
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Story | 01 Nov, 2017
National red-listing kicks-off in North Macedonia
Over 50 participants attended project launch of the ‘National red-listing in North Macedonia’, jointly organised by IUCN Eastern, Central Asia Regional Office (ECARO) and UN Environment in Skopje on 13 October 2017. Participants included representatives of the Ministry of Environment and…
Story | 31 Oct, 2017
A major enhancement of protection in Iceland
After many years of lobbying by Icelandic and international experts from WCPA, the Icelandic Minister for Environment and Natural Resources, Björt Ólafsdóttir has just announced the enhanced protection status of one of the most important ice caps and adjacent wetland areas in the highlands of…
Story | 31 Oct, 2017
Importance of gender equity in safeguarding water resources highlighted at recent regional forum
IUCN’s BRIDGE programme and the Oxfam Inclusion Project, in collaboration with the Lao Women’s Union, facilitated a regional forum on gender equity and women’s leadership in transboundary water governance from 13 to 15 September in Vientiane, Lao PDR. The forum, which provided a platform for…
Story | 30 Oct, 2017
Gran Paradiso, the hunting reserve that saved the Ibex
Awarded IUCN Green List status since 2014, the Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy’s first national park extends over five valleys around the Gran Paradiso massif.
Story | 30 Oct, 2017
Promoting restoration through farmer-managed natural regeneration in Uganda
A recent InforFLR.org story highlights IUCN's support for farmer-managed natural regeneration as a technique to help implement forest landscape restoration (FLR) in Northern Uganda.