Press release | 01 Sep, 2011
Leaders define pathway to restoring 150 million hectares of lost forests
A core commitment to restore 150 million hectares of lost forests and degraded lands worldwide by 2020 is launched today at a ministerial conference in Bonn. New analysis by IUCN estimates that restoring 150 million hectares would be worth US$ 85 billion per year to national and global economies…
Story | 18 Aug, 2011
Young writers' forest letter contest - Barbados and China win!
A Great Oak in Guyana’s Windsor Forest and an observant little tree ‘prepared to care for humanity’ helped 15-year-old Charlée Gittens from Barbados and 13-year-old Wang Sa from China to win gold medals in the Universal Postal Union’s 40th International Letter-Writing Competition for Young…
Press release | 10 Aug, 2011
The National Park Service (NPS) and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) have established a partnership to support protected areas and national parks around the world. The first partnership action is the assigning of Mr. David Reynolds, the NPS Northeast Region Chief of…
Press release | 27 Jul, 2011
IUCN Juniper Project Ziarat in collaboration with Rahbar School Green Club organized cleanup campaign on “World Nature Conservation (WNC) Day”
Press release | 26 Jul, 2011
A presentation on, “Climate Change; Moving from Problems to solutions” was organized by International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) under Balochistan Partnership for Sustainable Development program in collaboration with Society for community support & Primary Education in…
Press release | 25 Jul, 2011
Quetta 26th, July 2011 IUCN Balochistan Partnerships for Sustainable Development Project organized one day Training Session on “Natural Resource Management” at District Pishin.
Press release | 18 Jul, 2011
Greening Development Planning in Pakistan
The Government of Pakistan, under the auspices of Planning Commission, in collaboration with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) organized a half-day Seminar titled: “Strategic Environmental Assessment – Greening Development Planning in Pakistan”, at a local hotel in,…
Press release | 14 Jul, 2011
Four - Days Training workshop on Geographical Information System came to an end
Four- Days Training workshop on Geographical Information System came to an end. Secretary Planning and Development was the Chief guest on the occasion.
Press release | 13 Jul, 2011
Karez systems are ancient traditional practices of water tapping and channeling prevalent in rural areas. IUCN with the support of local communities is working to rehabilitate karez to improve water supply and provide sustainable livelihoods. In this connection an agreement was signed in between…
Press release | 11 Jul, 2011
Four-day Geographical Information System (GIS) training started at Quetta
A four days Training session started on 12 July 2011 by IUCN Pakistan under its BPSD project at Serena Hotel Quetta.Twenty participants from Government of Balochistan line deparments and Civil Society Organizations are partciipating in the training. Secretary Environmet Government of Balochistan…