Press release | 18 Dec, 2009
Copenhagen climate summit: Copenhagen Accord a step in right direction, but insufficient
Copenhagen, Denmark, 19 December 2009, IUCN - World leaders in Copenhagen have taken a first and useful step to slow the course of climate change – a threat that is already affecting people, ecosystems and biodiversity in many parts of the world. A global, legally-binding climate change treaty…
Story | 20 Oct, 2009
Consuming The Future _ The Real Status of Biodiversity in Lao PDR
Story | 20 Oct, 2009
Finding Protected Area Funding Solutions
IUCN discusses protected areas funding with the Lao PDR government and non-governmental organisations.
Story | 20 Oct, 2009
Strategic Framework 2007 - 2011
Strategic Framework 2007–2011
(Conservation for Sustainable Livelihoods in Lao PDR – Refreshed Thinking)
Story | 20 Oct, 2009
The Ramsar Convention in Lao PDR
“Ramsar promotes integrated approaches to managing wetland systems so that human uses of these areas are undertaken to retain their natural values and ‘capital’ for future generations”
Story | 19 Oct, 2009
An Uncertain Future: Biodiversity and Livelihoods
The Mekong River is one of the greatest river systems on Earth. It is ranked as the twelfth-longest river in the world and eighth in terms of annual discharge. The seasonal variation in the water level and the range of wetland habitats inundated by the Mekong River provide the…
Story | 19 Oct, 2009
Exploring Water Futures Together
This report documents the proceedings of the Mekong
Region Waters Dialogue: Exploring Water FuturesStory | 19 Oct, 2009
Flow - The Essentials of Environmental Flows
An environmental flow is the water regime provided within a river, wetland or coastal zone to
maintain ecosystems and their benefits where there are competing water uses and where flowsStory | 19 Oct, 2009
WILDLIFE IN LAO PDR - 1999 STATUS REPORT
The 1999 Status Report is a result of collaboration between the Centre for Protected Areas and
Watershed Management, IUCN - The World Conservation Union, and The Wildlife Conservation Society, supported byStory | 19 Oct, 2009
Biodiversity contributes directly to poverty reduction in at least five key areas: food security,
health improvements, income generation, reduced vulnerability, and ecosystem services.