Factsheet | 2023
AFRIPAC Plastics Pollution: Effective Capacity Building for Global Plastics Treaty in Africa
This is a one-page overview of the AFRIPAC project: Effective Capacity Building for Global Plastics Treaty in Africa. This project is in partnership with GRID-Arendal and is generously supported by NORAD.
Brochure | 2022
IUCN SADC Transfrontier Conservation Area Financing Facility Fact Sheet
The SADC TFCA Financing Facility (TFCA FF) is a regional fund established to provide sustainable funding for conservation and management actions in Transfrontier Conservation Areas (TFCAs) in the Southern African Development Community (SADC). The Facility is managed by IUCN – Eastern and…
Story | 29 Mar, 2023
AFRIPAC: strengthening 5 countries' commitments to a UN Plastics Treaty
As the world moves towards an international, legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, IUCN and GRID-Arendal partner in a new project: AFRIPAC, "Effective Plastic Treaty Capacity Building for Africa." This project aims to empower five African nations´ negotiating skills for a strong…
Story | 02 Mar, 2023
Supporting small-scale fisher women’s livelihoods in the Eastern Cape of South Africa
Buhle Francis, early-career researcher at One Ocean Hub and the Environmental Learning Research Centre (ELRC) at Rhodes University
Story | 02 Feb, 2023
Wetlands at the heart of conservation: IUCN Pakistan marks World Wetlands Day 2023
World Wetlands Day was celebrated in Azad Pattan, Azad Jammu & Kashmir today with a focus on the conservation and restoration of wetlands in the region. The day is observed annually on 2nd February to raise awareness about the vital role of wetlands for people and the planet. The theme for…
Story | 23 Nov, 2022
Observance of World Fisheries Day 2022
IUCN Pakistan in partnership with Pakistan Fisheries Society & Department of Zoology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad on 21 November, 2022 commemorated One day International Symposium on "World Fisheries Day 2022" at Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad. The theme of the day was “…
Story | 02 Dec, 2022
A five day training on “Watershed Management Techniques” was conducted by IUCN Pakistan for the Forest and Wildlife Department, Government of Balochistan to help them broaden the understanding of the background, approaches, and techniques of Watershed Management.
IUCN event
The session will showcase a number of tangible examples of what the Indo-Burma Wetland Outlook and wider work of IBBRI is already delivering, to demonstrate how to scale-up action, supporting Contracting Parties to fill the implementation gap.
News | 14 Sep, 2022
Solutions for conservation challenges in the Buna River Delta, Albania
Following on from five years of action in the Buna River Velipoje Protected Landscape, the partners of the Living Buna project have shared two of their successful solutions for improved protected area conservation through ‘PANORAMA – Solutions for a Healthy Planet’. Both solutions respond to…
Story | 06 Jun, 2022
Regional cooperation on electricity trade
While expanding solar and wind will be an important factor in helping Vietnam to reduce its coal consumption and meet its COP26 commitments, increasing power imports from neighbors is another step in this process. The April 2022 version of Vietnam’s…