Press release | 19 Sep, 2010
Environment and gender equality: the keys to achieving Millennium Development Goals
Achieving gender equality is fundamental to sustainable development and to attaining the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), including the eradication of poverty and hunger. This is expected to be one of the major conclusions of world leaders and development experts at the 2010…
Story | 07 Sep, 2010
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Press release | 31 Aug, 2010
African freshwater species threatened - livelihoods at stake
Twenty-one per cent of freshwater species in continental Africa are threatened with extinction, putting the livelihoods of millions of people at risk. With so much to lose, inland waters must be managed not just for their supply of freshwater but also to sustain the abundant life within.
Story | 30 Aug, 2010
Guidelines for forest restoration in Ghana
To introduce the concept of FLR in Ghana, the Government of Ghana supported the establishment of a National Working Group on Forest Landscape in 2004 to develop a National Plan of Action on FLR and encourage innovative restoration efforts. In addition, a National workshop on ITTO guidelines for…
Story | 30 Aug, 2010
La restauration des paysages forestiers en Afrique
Dans le souci de partager les expériences et développer une stratégie pour la restauration du paysage forestier en Afrique, le Ministère des Ressources Naturelles du Rwanda, l’UICN en collaboration avec l’OIBT et Helpage ont organisé du 8 au 12 juin 2009, un atelier intitulé, «Atelier sous…
Story | 30 Aug, 2010
The 'Sangha' Guidelines for Landscape Approaches
The Sangha group is an informal network of managers and researchers working in the Tri National de la Sangha. The Sangha Guidelines will be used as a starting point for an international effort to develop more broadly applicable Guidelines for landscape approaches in other areas.
Story | 29 Aug, 2010
The Role of Participatory Modeling in Landscape Approaches to Reconcile Conservation and Development
"In this paper, we examine several case studies where participatory system dynamics modeling was applied to environmental management challenges, and explore how it contributed to promoting a landscape approach.
Story | 29 Aug, 2010
Understanding diversity: a study of livelihoods and landscapes in Liberia
"Community forestry is high on the forest policy agenda in Liberia. However, relatively little is known about the diverse variety of customary forest management institutions and arrangements. Similarly, while the importance of forests and forest products in rural livelihoods is generally…
Story | 10 Aug, 2010
Ghost Forest art project praised by IUCN Director General
IUCN Director General, Julia Marton-Lefevre, has accepted the role of ambassador for a major art installation called “Ghost Forest”, by British artist Angela Palmer.