Story | 08 Jul, 2024
In Muinde, the Locally Empowered Area Protection (LEAP) Project, initiated in 2019, has revitalized marine biodiversity and transformed the community. Engaging local fishermen, including 38% women, and designating 569 hectares of marine reserves, the project has led to the return of abundant…
Publication | 2024
The state of protected and conserved areas in Eastern and Southern Africa : second edition
This second edition of The state of protected and conserved areas in Eastern and Southern Africa builds on the first edition published in 2020 and provides updates on how the region is managing and governing protected and conserved areas, effectively providing a regional update on the progress…
Story | 05 Jun, 2024
Using the IUCN Green List to strengthen transboundary protected area management
On 29-31 May 2024, with support from the USAID Biodiversity Conservation Activity (BCA) and GIZ Laos (ProFEB), IUCN and GIZ organized a workshop in Dong Hoi, Quang Binh Province with participants from Phong Nha-Ke Bang (PN-KB) WHS in Viet Nam and Hin Nam No (HNN) National Park in Lao PDR.…
Story | 01 May, 2024
Women fishers learn sustainable practices and give back to the ocean
Women fishers in Ngardmau, Palau are learning new ways to make a living while protecting the environment. With the help of Ebiil Society (Inc.) Kiwa Initiative project, they are now running four giant clam farms instead of traditional fishing.
Blog | 01 Feb, 2022
As a kid in my early years growing up in Labasa on the Northern side of Fiji, I would always follow the neighbours’ kids who were very well versed in coastal living and were very in touch with the traditional ways of living off the resources in the coastal areas. They were from the island of…
Story | 27 Jan, 2022
Symposium on Peatlands in Lao PDR
Over the course of two days during 21 and 22 January 2022, the MONRE Vice Minister Chanthaneth Boualapha presided over Lao People’s Democratic Republic’s (Lao PDR) first ever Symposium on Peatlands, held in Viengkham Districts, Vientiane Province.
Story | 11 Jan, 2022
UNESCO declares world’s first 5-country biosphere reserve along Mura-Drava-Danube
Stretching across Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary and Serbia, the world’s first 5-country biosphere reserve, which has been declared by UNESCO in September 2021 covers 700 km of the Mura, Drava and Danube rivers and a total area of almost 1 million hectares in the so-called ‘Amazon of Europe…
Story | 16 Nov, 2021
3 rivers, 2 countries, 1 vision
The Buzi, Pungwe and Save rivers (BuPuSa) flow through Zimbabwe and Mozambique, representing opportunities for sharing benefits, but also possible risks and water insecurity in the case of a lack of cooperation. A common vision is crucial to address present and future…
Story | 02 Nov, 2021
The IUCN Green List of Protected and Conserved Areas Programme (Green List for short) was officially launched in 2014 at the World Parks Congress to recognise and promote successful protected and conserved areas around the world. The main objective of the Green List is to encourage protected and…
Story | 27 Sep, 2021
Viet Nam should save the Sekong – for its own benefit
Covid travel restrictions mean that for the past 18 months or so there have been fewer eyes and ears reporting on environmental conditions in the region. This may explain why we failed to spot that the state-owned construction company Song Da 6 has…