Story | 30 Jun, 2021
Chhay Reap Community Crocodile Wardens, 2021 International Ranger Award Winners
Learn more about the inspiring work of Cambodia's Chhay Reap Community Crocodile Wardens, among the winners of the IUCN WCPA International Ranger Award in 2021.
Story | 31 Jan, 2020
This is the sixth and last in a series of interviews with Natura 2000 experts as part of the LIFE Green List for Natura 2000 project. Josep-Maria Mallarach has been working towards enhanced protected area management for over 40 years. He has been involved in protected area management on national…
Story | 07 Nov, 2019
Islamabad, Pakistan, 6 November 2019 -The 7th International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Asia Regional Conservation Forum – one of Asia’s most important nature conservation events - kicked-off today with a strong focus on convening a…
Story | 23 Oct, 2019
The world of protected areas in one book, now in Spanish
The entirety of protected area management and governance has been available in one book since the IUCN World Parks Congress 2014, in Sydney. The Spanish version of this publication, 'Protected Area Governance and Management’, was launched in Lima, on 15 October 2019, at the third Latin American…
Story | 13 Sep, 2019
Developing climate change adaptation plans for Koh Kapir Ramsar site
IUCN and the Department of Freshwater and Wetlands Conservation (DFWC) of the Ministry of Environment, Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust organised a consultation workshop for the development of a climate change adaptation advisory report for Koh Kapik…
Story | 23 Aug, 2019
As part of the Mekong WET project, recent climate change vulnerability assessments conducted by IUCN in Cambodia revealed that wetland communities in three Ramsar sites would face increasing water scarcity issues, extensive crop damage, and a dramatic loss of…
Story | 10 Jul, 2019
Empowering local communities to raise awareness about climate change through citizen journalism
IUCN and Thai Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) recently joined hands to organise a citizen journalism ‘Training of Trainers’ workshop for media representatives from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand, and Viet Nam.
Story | 17 Jun, 2019
Six years of conservation progress in Indo-Burma Biodiversity Hotspot
More than 100 conservation and development practitioners attended the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) Phase II Final Assessment Workshop, held from 28 to 30 May in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
Story | 14 Jun, 2019
From 28-30 May 2019, government officials from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam gathered in Bangkok to discuss the status and progress of wetland policies in the region. The discussion was part of a regional dialogue organised by the Indo-Burma Ramsar…
Story | 23 Apr, 2019
Indo-Burma training programme boosts wetlands resilience to climate change
From 23 March to 7 April, the IUCN Mekong WET project, in collaboration with the Mekong Wetland University Network and the U Minh Thuong National Park, organised a “Training of trainers” workshop in Viet Nam. The workshop is part of a comprehensive training…