Story | 08 Jun, 2016
IUCN announces Ha Long cleanup day
IUCN Viet Nam and Au Co Cruise this week finished assembling a group of volunteers for an important cleanup event scheduled for Ha Long Bay on the 14th of June. IUCN called for volunteers on the union’s website and social media channels, resulting in almost 450 applicants from around the country…
Story | 03 Jun, 2016
IUCN Viet Nam has received over 1,100 applications for its Marine Turtle Conservation volunteer programme. This is very encouraging as it means that an increasing number of youths are becoming interested in environmental protection programmes.
Story | 01 Jun, 2016
Media competition « Water and environment » 2016
The International Union for Conservation of Nature Central Africa and West African Programme (IUCN/ PACO) as part of its program "Partnership for environmental Governance in West Africa (PAGE)", Global Water Partnership West Africa (GWP / WA ) and the Regional Partnership for the Conservation of…
Story | 21 Mar, 2016
IUCN Green List – A new Standard for Conservation in Vietnam
Hanoi – IUCN's pioneering Green List edged closer to being fully set in motion in the Asia region last week with an inception workshop in Hanoi, Vietnam, where the new global standard for protected and conserved areas will soon enter an important implementation phase.
Story | 04 Mar, 2016
Getting SMART about tackling wildlife crime on the frontline.
With illegal wildlife trade being a core issue of the upcoming IUCN World Conservation Congress 2016, the role and value of SMART conservation software is pertinent. Marking World Wildlife Day March 3 2016, we travel to the Okapi Faunal Reserve in Democratic Republic of Congo to learn more about…
Publication | 2015
Enhancing food security through forest landscape restoration
The case studies from Brazil, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, the Philippines and Viet Nam highlight how forest landscape restoration (FLR) interventions enhance food security. They illustrate the ‘win-win’ solutions that can enhance land functionality and productivity, develop…
Story | 03 Nov, 2015
IUCN and UNESCO explore how World Heritage can protect the high seas
Watch this video to learn why IUCN has joined forces with UNESCO’s Marine World Heritage Programme to explore how the World Heritage Convention could protect the high seas.
Grey literature | 2014
The Sekong River in Viet Nam, Lao PDR and Cambodia
The purpose of this paper is to provide a range of information which may be useful during dialogue to establish appropriate river flow regimes in the Sekong River in Viet Nam, Lao PDR and Cambodia when large hydropower projects are constructed and operated. It is designed to provide baseline or…
Story | 08 Sep, 2015
World Heritage status for wilderness helps respond to climate change
Nature experts, including several IUCN specialists, are calling for a new approach to conserving wilderness areas under the World Heritage Convention in a paper published today in Conservation Letters. Inscribing wilderness sites on the World Heritage List and improving their connectivity…