Story | 27 Jun, 2024
Group of experts moves ahead on implementation of the mandate agreed by IUCN Members at the last World Conservation Congress in Marseilles, 2021, toward establishing a policy on synthetic biology by 2025.
Publication | 2024
The state of protected and conserved areas in Eastern and Southern Africa : second edition
This second edition of The state of protected and conserved areas in Eastern and Southern Africa builds on the first edition published in 2020 and provides updates on how the region is managing and governing protected and conserved areas, effectively providing a regional update on the progress…
News | 19 Jun, 2024
June 19, 2024 - Nairobi, Kenya: The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the world's largest global conservation organisation, is pleased to announce the IUCN Africa Conservation Forum (ACF) in partnership with the Government of Kenya through the Ministry of…
IUCN event
The second Meghna Knowledge Forum (MKF 2024) will be held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, between 5 – 7 November 2024 under the theme “Building community and ecosystem resilience to climate change”.
Story | 10 Jun, 2024
Nairobi, Kenya: In April 2024, senior government officials from the Ministries and Agencies responsible for Water, Energy, Agriculture, Legal Affairs and Finance from Kenya and Uganda, in addition to staff from NELSAP-CU and IUCN met to action the next steps in the Sio-Malaba-Malakisi (SMM)…
Story | 27 May, 2024
Nested between mountain ranges and a chain of volcanoes, lies one of the most vulnerable areas of America: the highlands of Guatemala, the heart of the Mayan culture, and one of the most densely populated, impoverished and…
Project | 01 Nov, 2019 - 31 Jul, 2024
Nature-based Solutions for Resilient Societies in the Western Balkans
Learning platform | 2023
A three-day Regional Training and Dialogue on Nature-based Solution (NbS) for the Resilient Water Sector in South Asia was conducted on 16 – 18 January 2023, to assist officials from sectoral line ministries and provincial/local governments from Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan in…
News | 25 Apr, 2024
Washington DC, April 25, 2024 — Four new projects are addressing gender-based violence in the context of climate and conservation action through funding from the Resilient, Inclusive and Sustainable Environments (RISE) grants challenge across Central America, Eastern and Southern Africa and…
Story | 27 Mar, 2024
World renowned athletes and sports organisations joined forces last week with the Governments of France and Kenya to host the first Sports for Nature event in Africa.