Story | 27 Jun, 2024
National Conservation Forum begins in Nepal, setting example for National Committees across Asia
Kathmandu, Nepal, 27 June, 2024: The National Conservation Forum (NCF) commenced today in Lalitpur, bringing together a diverse array of stakeholders committed to the conservation of Nepal's rich natural heritage. The three-day event, organised by the IUCN Nepal National committee (NNC) together…
News | 19 Jun, 2024
June 19, 2024 - Nairobi, Kenya: The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the world's largest global conservation organisation, is pleased to announce the IUCN Africa Conservation Forum (ACF) in partnership with the Government of Kenya through the Ministry of…
Project | 01 Oct, 2021 - 30 Jun, 2025
PPI OSCAN 3 is a third phase of the PPI OSCAN program which started in 2014. This Program aims to support civil society organizations in North Africa through implementing projects on the ground and developing capacity development activities. This program will be executed in Algeria, Libya,…
Project | 03 Apr, 2022 - 31 Jan, 2027
Management support and expansion of marine protected areas in the State of Libya
Press release | 16 Dec, 2021
IUCN report identifies sites with World Heritage potential in Himalaya and beyond
Gland, Switzerland, 16 December 2021 (IUCN) – A new report lists seven broad areas in the Himalayas, the Hindu Kush and the Karakoram mountain ranges where new natural World Heritage sites could be found. It also identifies possible extensions of existing World Heritage sites,…
Story | 12 Oct, 2021
The Bonn Challenge/ECCA30 initiative welcomes three new pledges from the region
Three new regional Bonn Challenge pledges were announced today at the Ministerial Meeting on Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) and the ECCA30/Bonn Challenge in Eastern and South-East Europe organised by FAO and UNECE, in cooperation with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN…
Story | 07 May, 2021
Working closely with ten organisations in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal, the Building River Dialogue and Governance for Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna river basins (BRIDGE GBM) project, facilitated by IUCN, has…
Story | 01 Feb, 2021
IUCN Green List tour in the lands of the pyramids
Near the World Heritage and Green Listed site Wadi Al-Hitan, in Fayoum, one of the oldest cities in Egypt, an IUCN Green List orientation workshop was organised by the IUCN Regional Office for West Asia, in collaboration with the Nature Conservation Sector of the Ministry of Environment, on 26-…