Story | 05 May, 2023
Western Balkan Officials on Nature-based Solutions Study Tour to Bonn
Four days of diverse, interesting, and interactive activities brought together decision-makers, practitioners, and policymakers from the Western Balkans and representatives from affiliated UN and government institutions to the City of Bonn to exchange and explore the role of Nature-based…
Brochure | 2022
IUCN SADC Transfrontier Conservation Area Financing Facility Fact Sheet
The SADC TFCA Financing Facility (TFCA FF) is a regional fund established to provide sustainable funding for conservation and management actions in Transfrontier Conservation Areas (TFCAs) in the Southern African Development Community (SADC). The Facility is managed by IUCN – Eastern and…
Grey literature | 2023
Plastic Waste Free Islands Gender Study
To inform gender-responsive programming for the Plastic Waste Free Islands project, IUCN commissioned a study to provide an analysis of plastic pollution in the tourism, waste management, and fisheries sectors of the PWFI islands in the Caribbean (Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, and Saint Lucia)…
Story | 16 Mar, 2023
A new report from the IUCN Plastic Waste Free Islands project answers the question, “What are key human rights issues arising from plastic pollution in the tourism, fisheries, and waste management sectors in the PWFI islands and how do these issues impact men and women differently?”
Story | 16 Mar, 2023
From cleaner oceans to thriving communities: the economic impacts of plastic pollution
With support from the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad), the Plastic Waste Free Islands project focused on six islands in the Pacific and the Caribbean regions: Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu, Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, and Saint Lucia. Three new economic briefs for the Caribbean,…
Grey literature | 2022
The impacts of marine plastics on the fisheries and tourism sectors in 2019 were estimated for Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada and Saint Lucia. Impact estimates were based on both plastic accumulation and leakage into the marine environment from these countries and other countries bordering the…
Story | 08 Feb, 2023
In Cheorwon, in the far north of South Korea, close to the demilitarised zone (DMZ), lies the remarkable ‘Rice Paddy for Cranes’ community conserved area. This patchwork of wetland and paddy fields sits within a mosaic of both production and wild landscapes. This area hosts and feeds critical…
News | 01 Feb, 2023
CMS VATAVARAN Festival & Forum on Climate Action and Biodiversity Conservation celebrated in Bhutan
From 2-7 November 2022, the Centre for Media Studies (CMS) in collaboration with the IUCN Commission on Education and Communication (CEC) and Canadian High Commission to India, Bhutan & Nepal organized the first-ever Festival and Forum on Climate Action and Biodiversity Conservation …
Grey literature | 2022
This compilation brief is composed of three studies on the economic impacts of plastic pollution on tourism and fisheries in Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, and Saint Lucia, estimating direct costs for the economy of each island. Governments of these islands have started to recognise the impacts…
Grey literature | 2022
The economic impact of plastic pollution in Grenada
This economic brief shows the estimated impact of marine plastic pollution on fisheries and tourism in Grenada. Marine plastic pollution can generate significant economic costs in the form of gross domestic product (GDP) reductions, estimated at up to US$7 billion (globally) for 2018 alone (WWF…