Story | 24 Jul, 2020
IUCN Standard to boost impact of nature-based solutions to global challenges
IUCN today unveiled a Global Standard providing the first-ever set of benchmarks for nature-based solutions to global challenges. The new IUCN Global Standard will help governments, business and civil society ensure the effectiveness of nature-based solutions and maximise their potential to help…
Story | 22 Jul, 2020
A virtual session on Natural Capital for the supply chain of Toyota Kirloskar Motor Private Limited was conducted on 2nd July 2020.
Story | 22 Jul, 2020
An online in-company session on “Importance of Urban Biodiversity and Role of Individual Contribution and Nest Building Workshop” was conducted on 29th June 2020 for TATA Steel Limited.
Story | 22 Jul, 2020
Leaders for Nature India In-company session for Hindustan Zinc Limited on World Environment Day
IUCN India under Leaders for Nature programme organised an online in-company session for Hindustan Zinc Limited (HZL) on 5th June 2020 on “Biodiversity and Us”.
Story | 20 Jul, 2020
New IUCN paper examines key success factors for building effective business platforms
To accelerate meaningful conservation action and partnerships with the private sector, a new paper published today examines the key success factors and challenges across nine IUCN-backed business and biodiversity platforms.
Story | 13 Jul, 2020
Uzbekistan makes a big step forward towards achieving global biodiversity targets
The surface of protected areas in Uzbekistan has increased 36% since its previous update 23 years ago, revealed the July release of the World Database of Protected Areas. This data submission is boosting the progress towards the achievement of Aichi Biodiversity Target 11 set by the Convention…
Story | 13 Jul, 2020
Pakistan’s ‘Protected Areas Initiative’
Pakistan’s “Protected Areas Initiative” will prove to be a historic milestone for nature conservation in Pakistan. Article by Malik Amin Aslam Khan.
Story | 02 Jul, 2020
IUCN welcomes Pakistan’s “Protected Areas Initiative”, which will create nine new national parks and strengthen management and governance in six other parks to create an effective protected area network and stimulate economic development. The announcement, made today by Prime Minister Imran Khan…
Story | 17 Jun, 2020
Vaccination programme for domestic animals in Myanmar
Under the IUCN KFW project titled “Restoring tiger and prey populations in northern Myanmar through protection and enhancing livelihoods of local communities in the Myanmar-India Transboundary Tiger Conservation Landscape”, this vaccination program enhances community livelihood through the…
Story | 17 Jun, 2020
Health management in tiger reserves
Concurrent with human population explosion in tiger range countries is the increase in livestock and pet animal numbers, leading to a higher contact rate between them and wildlife species at the human-wildlife interface.