Story | 20 Mar, 2017
A 3-year project 'BEST RUP' started on 15 January 2017. Its aim is to implement the pilot project 'inventory of species and habitats and environmentally sensitive areas in the French Outermost Regions (ORs)' submitted by the Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Younous Omarjee.
Story | 08 Feb, 2017
In January 2017, WCEL Chair Antonio Benjamin made a 10-day visit to India. With the support of the Brazilian Mission to India, Justice Benjamin met with leading judicial and environmental institutes, and individuals in three cities: Mumbai, New Delhi, and Chennai. India is one of 17 megadiverse…
Story | 02 Feb, 2017
MFF/FAO joint report: New low-cost mechanism for investing in mangrove protection and restoration
Mangroves for the Future (MFF) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have designed a new low-cost mechanism that enables investors to promote mangrove conservation and restoration through provision of funding to local communities.
Story | 31 Jan, 2017
First-ever biodiversity and ecosystem training for Ultratech Cements Ltd. in India
IUCN has been working with Ultratech Cements Limited to enhance the company’s performance towards biodiversity conservation. A key component of the engagement is to build understanding of biodiversity and ecosystem service related challenges amongst the Ultratech staff. As such, IUCN organised a…
Story | 17 Jan, 2017
People-centred governance and restoration
Restoration of the world’s ecosystems is a huge challenge. In many cases, restoration processes occur at a landscape scale and so require the coordinated decision making of many stakeholders and landowners including communities, governments and the private sector. Working across so many sectors…
Story | 16 Jan, 2017
Nature: the decisive solution for the climate change crisis
This blog, published in Thomson Reuters Foundation News, highlights how MFF harnesses the natural functions of ecosystems and women’s strength in resource management to bring about better solutions to climate change mitigation and adaptation.
Story | 12 Jan, 2017
The road to biodiversity and ecosystem service management
All forms of industrial growth are dependent on one or more ecosystem services. They can also simultaneously negatively impact the ability of ecosystems to provide these services. Businesses therefore, cannot afford to ignore their dependence, direct or indirect, and impact on these services. In…
Blog | 28 Nov, 2016
Over the last decade, conflicts between humans and elephants have been a serious concern in Bangladesh, especially near the central-north border with India. Collaboration between the two neighbours and community-based initiatives can play a crucial role in managing such challenges.
Story | 18 Nov, 2016
Ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction in Asia (RELIEF KIT workshop)
Representatives from government agencies responsible for Disaster Risk Management and the environment came together at an IUCN workshop in New Delhi to discuss the role of ecosystems in disaster risk reduction. Held from 1-2 November, the workshop was organised through IUCN’s RELIEF Kit project…
Story | 10 Nov, 2016
Tackling climate change through forest ecosystems in and around India
IUCN joined the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), and the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) to discuss ecosystems and climate change at COP22 in Marrakech.