Story | 28 Jul, 2010
This report presents the key findings from trips to the Nam Phui National Protected Area (NPA) for surveys of White-handed Gibbons (Hylobates lar) and to Dong Khanthung Provincial Protected Area (PPA) for surveys of Pileated Gibbons (Hylobates pileatus), as well provides some initial…
Story | 08 Jul, 2010
One billion hectares of lost forests could be restored
“Across the globe lie more than a billion hectares of lost and degraded forest land that could be restored”, according to the Global Partnership on Forest Landscape Restoration, which includes IUCN. It’s a vast area – an area greater than China – with the potential to enrich communities, their…
Press release | 07 Jan, 2010
International Year of Biodiversity - investing in nature, improving lives
The International Year of Biodiversity has been launched at a ceremony in Berlin with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel warning that the world will face "enormous costs" if no action is taken to tackle climate change and to secure biodiversity.
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 Futures