News | 27 Mar, 2023
World Wetlands Day 2023 in Cambodia
On 2 February, Cambodia celebrated World Wetlands Day 2023 with the theme It’s time for Wetlands Restoration at Neth Yong High School, Battambang Province, which is one of the six provinces surrounding the Tonle Sap Lake, or the largest lake in Southeast Asia and the world’s…
Story | 08 Mar, 2023
Empowering Women and Girls to Lead Climate Action: Gender and Climate Award announced in Pakistan
The Embassy of France and Agence française de développement (AFD), together with IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Pakistan Country Office, announced the winners of the first Pakistan Gender and Climate Awards to mark the International Women’s Day, under the patronage of…
Story | 03 Mar, 2023
Women to lead actions for climate change adaptation and mitigation
Fauzia Bilqis Malik, Programme Coordinator, IUCN Pakistan
Pakistan is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, with extreme weather events affecting millions of people each year. To address this, the government of Pakistan has partnered with the International…
Story | 27 Feb, 2023
Economic valuation of ecosystems in the Gulf of Mottama
The triangle-shaped Gulf of Mottama, situated in southern Myanmar, is home to one of the world’s most dynamic intertidal systems. The extreme turbidity is produced by the delivery of 350 million tonnes per year of sediment from four large rivers, a tidal bore that moves at 3 metres per second,…
Story | 20 Feb, 2023
Annual shorebird monitoring in the Gulf of Mottama
The intertidal mud flats of the Gulf of Mottama, situated in southern Myanmar, are wintering grounds for 150,000-200,000 migratory shorebirds, including the critically endangered Spoon-billed sandpipers (Calidris pygmaea…
Story | 14 Feb, 2023
IUCN Pakistan Country Representative, Mr. Mahmood Akhtar Cheema, was one of the keynote speakers at the Pakistan International Maritime Conference – 2023, organized from 10-12 February 2023, in Karachi, on the theme ‘Embracing Blue Economy – Challenges and Opportunities for Developing Countries…
Story | 14 Feb, 2023
Transboundary dialogue on wetlands and agriculture in the Mekong Delta
In September 2022, IUCN and Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) organised a transboundary dialogue on wetlands (seasonally flooded grasslands) and agriculture in the Mekong Delta. The dialogue was held in Kampot, Cambodia, with 60 participants from provincial governments, research…
Story | 02 Feb, 2023
Wetlands at the heart of conservation: IUCN Pakistan marks World Wetlands Day 2023
World Wetlands Day was celebrated in Azad Pattan, Azad Jammu & Kashmir today with a focus on the conservation and restoration of wetlands in the region. The day is observed annually on 2nd February to raise awareness about the vital role of wetlands for people and the planet. The theme for…
Story | 01 Feb, 2023
SADC TFCA Financing Facility - stories from the front lines
The year 2022 brought hope for recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. For the first time since the establishment of the Facility in 2020, travel opened up across borders, increasing momentum for the implementation of projects in Transfrontier Conservation Areas, including the TFCA Financing…
Story | 10 Jan, 2023
Mapping the Future: A National Workshop on Silvo-Ecological Zones and Afforestation
A two days national workshop has been kicked off to finalize the Silvo-ecological zones maps, and suitable trees for afforestation under the Ten Billion Tree Afforestation Program in different ecological regions of Pakistan at the local hotel in Islamabad.