Story | 20 Jul, 2022
Getting ready for scaling up - Key Biodiversity Areas China National Coordination Group established
The Key Biodiversity Areas China National Coordination Group has been formally established at the launch workshop organized by IUCN China on 22nd June 2022.
Press release | 18 Jul, 2022
First IUCN Africa Protected Areas Congress opens in Kigali, Rwanda
Kigali, Rwanda, 18 July 2022 – The IUCN Africa Protected Areas Congress (APAC) – the first-ever Pan-African gathering of leaders, citizens, and interest groups focused on protected areas – begins today in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, with an address by the Prime Minister of Rwanda, Édouard…
Story | 14 Jul, 2022
Valuing, financing and mainstreaming Nature-based Solutions in China
Beijing, China – A new study released last month examining the value of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) calls for stronger policy and financing support, together with wider application and scaling up of NbS across China.
News | 09 Jul, 2022
Gland, Switzerland, 8 July 2022 (IUCN) - On July 7, 2022, Prof. Huadong GUO, Director of the International Centre on Space Technologies for Natural and Cultural Heritage (HIST) under the auspices of UNESCO, and Dr. Bruno Oberle, Director General of the International Union for Conservation of…
Press release | 06 Jul, 2022
IUCN Africa Protected Areas Congress to shape continent's conservation agenda
Kigali, Rwanda, 1 July 2022 - The first IUCN Africa Protected Areas Congress (APAC) will open in Kigali, Rwanda, on 18 July 2022. It is the first ever continent-wide gathering of African leaders, citizens, and interest groups focused on protected areas.
Page | 30 Jun, 2022
Protected Areas Network Review for Palestine
The project aims at reviewing and updating the protected areas network in Palestine using systematic conservation planning principles and CBD PA design criteria to result in a connected, representative, efficient, and climate-resilient network of protected areas. The project conducted an…
Page | 29 Jun, 2022
Nature-based Solutions for Climate Adaptation and Mitigation
Although countries across Asia region differ widely, the confluence of poverty and inequality, dependence on natural resources, rapidly growing populations, and governance challenges make the region particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Rising sea levels and saline intrusion…
Story | 24 Jun, 2022
Murree Kahuta Kotli Sattian, National Park Management Plan validated by the stakeholders
A one-day workshop on MKKS National Parks management plan validation was held at the Pearl Continental hotel in Bhurban, Murree, as part of the KAROT, Biodiversity Management Plan Implementation Project.
News | 23 Jun, 2022
How best to enable communities to adapt to salinity affecting Pakistan’s coastal and irrigated agriculture areas was the focus of a workshop in Karachi recently, organised at the mid-term point of the ongoing Adapting to Salinity in the Southern Indus Basin (ASSIB) project, funded by the…