Story | 18 Dec, 2018
GrowGreen: Chinese cities grow and with it, the need for green
Blog by Claire Warmenbol. Worldwide out of the 47 megacities, China alone counts 17. These are cities with a population in excess of 10 million people. Today over half of the Chinese mainland population lives in cities. Towards 2030, China aims for 70% of its population, about 900 million people…
Story | 18 Dec, 2018
China’s new National Forest and Grassland Administration seeks quality and good performance
In 2018 China has consolidated the governance of the protected areas estate through the formation of the new National Forest and Grassland Administration (NFGA). The NFGA will oversee a process of revision and standardisation or protected and…
Story | 25 Nov, 2018
PANORAMA initiative expands to showcase civil society engagement on business and biodiversity
Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, 23 November 2018 (IUCN) – A new PANORAMA theme exploring how civil society can engage with business aims to scale up new partnerships and action to mainstream biodiversity across different sectors -- a key objective of the UN Biodiversity…
Story | 21 Nov, 2018
Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, 20 November 2018 — Businesses have an important role to play in protecting biodiversity, and multi-sectoral partnerships will be key to achieving this goal. This was the message voiced by IUCN and Toyota at the 2018 UN Convention on Biodiversity Conference of Parties (…
Story | 05 Sep, 2018
From the 19th to the 21st of June 2018, the Asia Protected Areas Partnership (APAP) hosted its fourth technical workshop in Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea. The event addressed the effective management of protected areas, and focused in particular on Management Effectiveness Evaluation (MEE) and…
Story | 02 Sep, 2018
China hosts prosecutorial training on environmental law, by Dimitri de Boer
China hosted a weeklong training for environmental prosecutors in early July 2018.
Story | 22 Aug, 2018
Youth Forum at the 20th Tripartite Environmental Ministers’ Meeting in China
Upon invitation from #NatureForAll partner, China Environmental Education Center (CEEC) of Ministry of Ecology and Environment, China, IUCN CEC member Hanying Li spoke and facilitated the Youth Forum during 20th TEMM among China, Japan and S. Korea, which …
Story | 20 Aug, 2018
China launches unprecedented judicial training for environmental law
China held a week-long judicial training for environmental law for over 300 judges in July.
Story | 03 Nov, 2017
Xianju and IUCN make historic collaboration agreement
IUCN have formally accepted Xianju County, China, as partners in the IUCN Green List programme.
Story | 02 Nov, 2017
Cooperative governance of the Ganges Brahmaputra Meghna Basins (GBM) region was strengthened through the recent launch of a Civil Society Organisation (CSO) vision for improved transboundary water management. The vision, which was developed by a network of over 25 CSOs from Bangladesh, Bhutan,…