Story | 30 Aug, 2018
Another step forward towards biodiversity conservation by Anantara Tangalle Resort
Anantara Peace Haven Tangalle Resort partnered with IUCN in May 2017 to protect and conserve globally threatened marine turtles.
Story | 06 Aug, 2018
IUCN Sri Lanka partners with ChildFund to build youth capacity on Eco-DRR
ChildFund, in collaboration with IUCN, is conducting a special project on ecosystem-based, youth-led disaster risk reduction (Eco-DRR).
Story | 16 Jul, 2018
Creating a Urban Garden for all - Colombo, Sri Lanka
CEESP News - Kanchana Weerakoon, Founder/President, Eco Friendly Volunteers (ECO-V), Sri Lanka
The Metta Garden in Colombo, Sri Lanka, run by Eco friendly Volunteers, is the place for generating healthy food for people and a living space for many other animals and plants. It has become…
Story | 29 Jun, 2018
A special Training Workshop on Geographic Information and Map Data Use was conducted at the University of Uva Wellassa in Badulla from 8-10 June 2018.
Story | 13 Jun, 2018
Aleksey Zavarzin IUCN CEC Regional Vice Chair for Eastern Europe and Central Asia meets CEC members from Iran
Story | 28 May, 2018
Contributing to greening post-crisis recovery for resilient reconstruction
Organized by UN Environment together with the Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction (PEDRR), the seminar was titled, “Greening post-crisis recovery for resilient reconstruction”. The seminar was held in Geneva from 25-27 April…
Story | 02 Apr, 2018
Celebrating the World Water Day 2018 at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel Colombo
The Cinnamon Grand Hotel in Colombo celebrated the “World Water Day” on 23 March 2018, with a special emphasis on conserving water and relevance of nature based solutions. The Guest Speech was delivered by Dr Ananda Mallawatantri, Country…
Story | 02 Apr, 2018
Investing in future: Enriching the Exhibition at a Leading Girls’ School in Colombo
To mark the 45th anniversary of Sirimavo Bandaranaike Vidyalaya in Colombo, a Science and Technology Exhibition was held from 7 to 8 March 2018 at the College premises. The exhibition, which aimed to enhance talents of school children through…
Story | 14 Mar, 2018
Innovations in forest landscape restoration to top agenda at Bonn Challenge roundtable
March 16-17, Foz do Iguacu, Parana, Brazil will host prominent restoration leaders from around the world to move the Bonn Challenge agenda into the next chapter along the path to its 350 million hectare restoration goal.
Story | 05 Feb, 2018
Anantara Tangalle, one of Sri Lanka’s top-ranked luxury resorts and International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) joined hands in May 2017 to support sea turtle conservation…