Story | 25 Sep, 2017
Regional Integrated Coastal Management training course extended to Cambodia
MFF’s long-standing regional Integrated Coastal Management (ICM) training course was successfully extended to national member countries. From 28 August to 1 September, the Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP) completed the first national level ICM course in Cambodia.
Story | 08 Sep, 2017
Guardians of the Tonle Sap; Cambodian youth learn about importance of protecting the environment
In Peak Kantiel, a floating village in the Tonle Sap Biosphere Reserve, an outdoor education programme engages the village’s nearly 200 children. These children participate in indoor and outdoor classes, including bird watching, and learn about floating gardens and waste…
Story | 08 Sep, 2017
Marriott Merlin Butterfly Sanctuary
IUCN, in collaboration with the Phuket Marriott Resort and Spa, Merlin Beach has established a unique conservation-oriented Butterfly Sanctuary on the resort property. Butterflies are essential pollinators for a wide variety of decorative and wild flowering plants, cross-pollinating flowers that…
Story | 29 Aug, 2017
IUCN and Cambodia’s Ministry of Environment sign agreement to promote closer collaboration
Phnom Penh 23 August 2017 — IUCN Cambodia and the Ministry of Environment (MoE) strengthened their cooperation by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in areas of natural resources conservation and local livelihood improvement. IUCN’s Asia Regional Director, Ms Aban Marker Kabraji, and…
Story | 24 Aug, 2017
When voices are heard in Cu Lao Cham Marine Protected Area
With a total area of 3.7 hectares (roughly the size of 5 football pitches), the coastline in front and the famous Hai Tang pagoda in back, the Pagoda Field in Cu Lao Cham, Viet Nam is a place of great natural beauty and of religious and historical value. The area is part of the Cu Lao Cham…
Story | 22 Aug, 2017
How one NGO in Viet Nam is saving the world’s most trafficked mammal
Appearing somewhat like a cross between an anteater and a lizard, and rolling into a ball when threatened, the pangolin looks like nothing else on earth. Most people have never heard of them, let alone seen one – yet these creatures are the single most…
Story | 21 Aug, 2017
Indigenous youth group in Cambodia empowers community to stand up for their rights
Every day in the early hours of 2 AM, Srean Chheurn carries his nets, traps and poles to the nearby Sre Pok river to fish. Later in the day, he goes to the forest to collect flowers, mushrooms and cherries and hunt wild animals such as wild pigs and snakes.
Story | 08 Aug, 2017
Smallholder farmers, local ecological knowledge and climate change
In the rural village of Amphoe Khlong Khuean in Chachoengsao Province, central Thailand, small-scale farmers living in wetland areas along Bang Pakong River met with IUCN staff and partners to discuss the impacts of climate change and development on local livelihoods. Using a series of…
Story | 04 Aug, 2017
Saving sea turtles in Viet Nam by touching the hearts of local communities
On a sunny day in May 2016, coast guards in Quang Nam Province in Viet Nam found six endangered marine turtles caught by a local fisherman. The shiny shells of the beautiful green turtles and the rare hawksbill turtle reflected the bright sunlight. They were still alive. “It is illegal to catch…
Story | 24 Jul, 2017
IUCN, through USAID funded Ha Long – Cat Ba Alliance, is calling for the application from tour guides in the training workshop on the biodiversity values of Ha Long Bay and Cat Ba Archipelago from 26 - 27 August 2017 in Cat Ba National Park.