Story | 07 Jan, 2021
[Extended] Request for Proposals for Organising SMART patrol training courses for DNP park rangers
Within the framework of its project Accelerating Tiger Recovery Along the Thailand-Myanmar Border, and in cooperation with the Department of National Parks, Wildlife, and Plant Conservation (DNP), IUCN is pleased to announce a request for proposals for tiger conservation in the western portion…
Story | 23 Dec, 2020
Reducing waste volume through Extended Producer Responsibility: getting started in Viet Nam
On November 17, 2020, the National Assembly passed the new Environmental Protection Law, which stipulates Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for businesses in Viet Nam. This means that businesses and producers now bear the responsibility for the…
Grey literature | 2020
Policies that support forest landscape restoration
A successful process to advance forest landscape restoration (FLR) needs to motivate, enable and resource its implementation. This brief offers a preliminary exploratory analysis of some of the range of policies that respond to each of these three requirements.
Story | 08 Dec, 2020
Addressing the Violence of Inequality in Conservation
Around the world, gender-based violence affects sustainable and equitable natural resource access and control - and solutions are urgently needed. Four projects will work to address these issues in wildlife and forestry conservation.
Story | 23 Oct, 2020
IUCN-Coca Cola “Monkey Cheeks” project received the silver award for Best Environmental Excellence
In Sept 2020, the 12th Global CSR Awards and The Good Governance Awards released the results of the winners online due to the Covid 19 pandemic. With 300 entries from 120 companies all over the world, a final selection of 48 companies were recognized with awards.
Story | 20 Oct, 2020
Business consultation on coffee transformation and water use in Vietnam’s Central Highlands
On September 10, 2020, IUCN organised a business consultation in Ho Chi Minh City on opportunities to transform coffee production in the Central Highlands to a more diverse and climate resilient crop mix.
Story | 30 Sep, 2020
Gland, Switzerland, 30 September 2020 (IUCN) – The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has admitted Colombia’s Chingaza National Natural Park, Vietnam’s Van Long Nature Reserve, and French Guiana’s Ile Du Grand-Connétable National Nature Reserve to the IUCN Green List of…
Story | 11 Sep, 2020
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in Lao PDR is continuing to assist the Provincial Agriculture and Forestry Office (PAFO) in Khammouane Province to conserve the biodiversity of Phou Hin Poun National Protected Area and support the effective…
Story | 18 Aug, 2020
IUCN, Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP), Faculty of Forestry - Kasetsart University, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Zoological Society of London (ZSL), Panthera-Thailand, Seub Nakhasathien…
Story | 18 Aug, 2020
Vientiane, Lao PDR, 14 August 2020 – The Government of Lao PDR approved the nomination of the Nakai Nam Theun National Park (NNT NP) to the IUCN Green List, through a resolution adopted during the 17th Nakai Nam Theun…