Story | 19 May, 2022
Restoring forest landscapes in Eastern Province of Rwanda
Forest landscape restoration is about restoring the ecological and productive functions of degraded ecosystems in tree-rich landscapes, increasing the resilience of the landscapes and…
Story | 09 Mar, 2022
UNEA Resolution - ‘End Plastic Pollution’ - and IUCN role in implementation of the Treaty
The new UNEA Resolution, ‘End Plastic Pollution: Towards a legally binding instrument’, establishes an Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee that will develop the specific content of the new plastic pollution treaty with the aim of completing its work by the end…
Press release | 16 Dec, 2021
IUCN report identifies sites with World Heritage potential in Himalaya and beyond
Gland, Switzerland, 16 December 2021 (IUCN) – A new report lists seven broad areas in the Himalayas, the Hindu Kush and the Karakoram mountain ranges where new natural World Heritage sites could be found. It also identifies possible extensions of existing World Heritage sites,…
Story | 24 Oct, 2021
Gabura to Glasgow: Act on climate change and biodiversity loss
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Story | 13 Jul, 2021
IUCN has been working with UNHCR since 2018 to mitigate human-elephant conflict (HEC) around the refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar through Rohingya Elephant Response.
Story | 29 Jun, 2021
The first-ever knowledge forum on the Meghna river basin, shared by Bangladesh and India, concluded on Thursday, 24 June. More than 100 participants from across the Meghna basin joined the forum. The three-day forum laid the foundation of a multi-…
Story | 28 Jun, 2021
IUCN Bangladesh in collaboration with Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA) organized a webinar on "Policy Reforms for Transformative Changes for Protection of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services".
Story | 07 May, 2021
Working closely with ten organisations in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal, the Building River Dialogue and Governance for Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna river basins (BRIDGE GBM) project, facilitated by IUCN, has…
Story | 30 Apr, 2021
IUCN Bangladesh has initiated a project supported by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) titled as “Building Resilience to Landslides through Land Stabilization, Promotion of Alternative Livelihoods and the Early Warning Systems in Cox’s Bazar District”. As part of…
Blog | 20 Apr, 2021
A Place to Call Her Own: Land titling and gender-based violence in South Kivu, DRC
In the South Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), there are no female chiefs or heads of wards across the 40 villages in Walungu. The low level of representation in these leadership spaces means that women face an uphill battle when it comes to accessing land rights.