Press release | 23 Dec, 2013
Journalists to be taken on board to promote sustainable transport concepts in Pakistan
A sensitization seminar for media on transport sector and related issues in Pakistan was organized under the Pakistan Sustainable Transport(PAKSTRAN) Project here in Karachi today.
Press release | 05 Dec, 2013
The South Asian Environmental Assessment Conference (SAEAC13) concluded today with experts and delegates from South Asian and other countries calling for a structured approach to tackling climate change through strategic environmental impact assessment.
Press release | 04 Dec, 2013
Pakistan hosts SAEAC 2013
Effective, transparent environmental impact assessment key to sustainable development in Pakistan, region Conference calls for steps towards resilience in the face of rapid climatic changes
Press release | 02 Dec, 2013
As delegates gather to discuss the plight of the African Elephant at a summit convened by the Government of Botswana and IUCN, new analyses released today find that if poaching rates are sustained at current levels, Africa is likely to lose a fifth of its elephants in the next 10 years.
Press release | 28 Nov, 2013
Pakistan to host South Asian Environmental Assessment Conference 2013 in Islamabad
Experts to Highlight Need for Inclusion of Strategic Impact Assessment in National Development Planning
Story | 14 Nov, 2013
Myanmar seeks global standards to conserve its natural heritage
Myanmar is renewing efforts to implement the World Heritage Convention. As the country opens up to international conservation processes, IUCN is providing expertise to help identify potential natural heritage sites.
Press release | 10 Nov, 2013
A stakeholder consultative meeting was organized by IUCN Pakistan under MFF Programme with the objective of developing a programme for coastal areas of Pakistan here on Monday.
Story | 08 Oct, 2013
Two dams stopped after IUCN advises against World Heritage nomination
Viet Nam has dropped plans for two proposed hydropower plants that would have affected a protected area, which has been on the tentative list for possible World Heritage nomination since 2006.
Press release | 07 Oct, 2013
MFF Programme trains coastal managers on socio-ecological resilience
Resilience is still a developing science, and the resilience approach is very much needed in disaster-prone countries like Pakistan – as it deals with building capacities of local communities to cope with the impacts of climate change and other disasters that are adding to the fiscal stress on…
Press release | 04 Oct, 2013
Details of Margallah Tunnel Project be made public, urges civil society
A special meeting of the NGOs and Islamabad-based civil society members of IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Pakistan National Committee (PNC), was held in Islamabad today to discuss the environmental impact of the Margallah Hills Tunnel Project.