Project | 01 Dec, 2020 - 31 Dec, 2024
Project | 01 Jan, 2019 - 31 May, 2022
Building River Dialogue and Governance - Phase 4
BRIDGE promotes cooperation and water diplomacy in the 9 transboundary basins between Ecuador and Peru, and in the Titicaca basin, shared between Bolivia and Peru.
Story | 07 Jun, 2024
Water resource management and mangrove conservation are two potential areas of collaboration identified during the visit of a delegation from the UAE Ministry of Climate Change and Environment to the IUCN Regional Office for Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean.
Project | 31 Mar, 2021 - 30 Aug, 2025
Scaling-up Ecosystem based Adaptation Measures in rural Latin America
Scaling up the EbA approach to increase the resilience to climate change of vulnerable communities and ecosystems in rural areas of Ecuador, Guatemala and Costa Rica.
Story | 23 Oct, 2019
The world of protected areas in one book, now in Spanish
The entirety of protected area management and governance has been available in one book since the IUCN World Parks Congress 2014, in Sydney. The Spanish version of this publication, 'Protected Area Governance and Management’, was launched in Lima, on 15 October 2019, at the third Latin American…
Press release | 11 Oct, 2019
IUCN calls for halt to species decline by 2030
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 11 October 2019 (IUCN) – IUCN has issued an urgent call to massively scale up species conservation action in response to the escalating biodiversity crisis. The Abu Dhabi Call for Global Species Conservation Action appeals to the world’s governments,…
Story | 05 Sep, 2019
Where lions go, Africa goes. Unlocking the value of lions and their landscapes
Lions and their landscapes are a major part of Africa’s lifeblood indicator. Facing a catastrophic decline in lion population and habitat, a fresh report is the first to look in detail at the wider ecosystem services lions and…
Story | 18 Nov, 2018
Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, 18 November 2018 (IUCN) – An independent scientific panel established to help The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited’s (SPDC) operation in Niger Delta improve oil spill remediation and biodiversity recovery illustrates…
Story | 16 Nov, 2017
Bonn, Germany – At the UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP23) in Bonn, Germany, IUCN shared its plans for increased effort to enhance countries’ Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) by building on the Bonn Challenge and existing forest landscape restoration commitments.
Story | 16 Oct, 2017
The trend of the Saye River bank failure: An Environmental Challenge and Concern
CEESP News - by Bala Ibrahim Girku (1), Abdullahi Hassan (2), Golo Mustapha Yakubu (3), and Kaltho Kharbal James (4)
This article assesses environmental degradation caused by erosion resulting in river bank slope instability along the banks of the Saye River. This has been a continual…