Story | 08 Nov, 2022
In transboundary mountain ecosystems across Nepal, Bhutan, Peru, Colombia, Kenya, and Uganda, IUCN and partners have worked from 2017 - 2022 to implement ecosystem-based adaptation approaches to increase climate resilience and reduce vulnerabilities of local communities and the ecosystems they…
News | 29 Jul, 2022
Nepal achieves a global commitment to double the tiger
Nepal declared its tiger population has reached 355 on the occasion of Global Tiger Day. With this, Nepal has successfully achieved a global commitment of the St. Petersburg tiger summit to double the wild tigers by 2022.
News | 13 Jul, 2022
Nepal hosts inception workshop for GCF's Gandaki Basin Climate Resilient project
'Improving climate resilience of vulnerable communities and ecosystems in the Gandaki River Basin, Nepal', a Green Climate Fund (GCF) funded project, held its inception workshop in Kathmandu to provide an overview of the project to the stakeholders.
Story | 01 Jul, 2022
Supporting indigenous community on product diversification
The Forest and Farm Facility (FFF) programme is supporting to increasing the income of the indigenous 'Chepang' women in Nepal by adding value to wild-crafted Chiuri (Diploknema butyracea or the 'Indian Butter Tree') fruit to produce butter.
Press release | 16 Dec, 2021
IUCN report identifies sites with World Heritage potential in Himalaya and beyond
Gland, Switzerland, 16 December 2021 (IUCN) – A new report lists seven broad areas in the Himalayas, the Hindu Kush and the Karakoram mountain ranges where new natural World Heritage sites could be found. It also identifies possible extensions of existing World Heritage sites,…
Story | 07 May, 2021
Working closely with ten organisations in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal, the Building River Dialogue and Governance for Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna river basins (BRIDGE GBM) project, facilitated by IUCN, has…
Story | 15 Oct, 2020
As climate change impacts intensify across the globe, the prevalence of nature-based solutions for climate adaptation, also known as Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA), has also been increasing, with various actors including governments, private sector, non-governmental organisations and community…
Story | 22 Jul, 2020
Pasang Dolma Sherpa, Indigenous Peoples Representative to the U.N., Speaks With GlacierHub
CEESP News: by RADHIKA GOYAL, of GlacierHub; undergraduate in Economics and Computer Science, Columbia College
Story | 07 Apr, 2020
Developing a Ramsar Site Management Plan for Nepal’s largest lake
IUCN, in collaboration with the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation (DNPWC) Nepal, is working with stakeholders at Rara Lake Ramsar Site to develop a management plan for the lake’s conservation and…
Story | 07 Nov, 2019
Islamabad, Pakistan, 6 November 2019 -The 7th International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Asia Regional Conservation Forum – one of Asia’s most important nature conservation events - kicked-off today with a strong focus on convening a…