Project | 01 Apr, 2022 - 31 Mar, 2024
Enhancing Cooperation for Conservation Impact in the Western Tien-Shan
Project | 27 Apr, 2024 - 31 Mar, 2026
Food Systems, Land Use and Restoration Impact Program in Uzbekistan
Story | 30 May, 2024
Communities Drive the Designation of Pyu Lake as Myanmar’s Newest Ramsar Site
Pyu Lake, located in the heart of Myanmar, has secured two consecutive ‘wins’ for its conservation over the past year. Following the designation of the site as a Flyway Network Site with the East Asian Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) on 16 November 2023, the lake was designated as the…
News | 16 Oct, 2023
Bangkok, 16 October 2023 – Asia’s key business leaders, along with academics and civil society actors convened in Bangkok on 4-5 October for the inaugural Corporate Sustainability and Environmental Rights…
Story | 10 Jan, 2022
Bangkok, Thailand, 13 December 2021: Siam City Cement Group (SCCC Group) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) extended their partnership for another three years at a signing…
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 | 05 Nov, 2021
Fostering collaboration to ensure a more climate change resilient Kye-In Lake in Myanmar
Supported by IUCN’s Mekong WET project, Friends of Wildlife (FOW) Myanmar’s “Supporting Systematic Management of Kye-in Lake” grant has worked with local stakeholders to provide solutions to the impacts of overfishing, agricultural encroachment…
Story | 29 Oct, 2021
IUCN welcomes Uzbekistan as its newest State Member
IUCN extends a warm welcome to Uzbekistan, which has officially announced its decision to become a Member of IUCN by endorsing the IUCN Statutes. The State Committee for Ecology and Environment Protection has been designated by the State as its liaison with the IUCN Secretariat.
Story | 05 Oct, 2021
2,023 kilograms of wastes collected at Koh Libong Sub-district beach cleanup
From 23 to 26 August 2021, 130 volunteers representing eight (8) communities joined the beach and ocean cleanup activity in Koh Libong Sub-district, Thailand in celebration of the Beach Cleanup month. This activity is part of the project, “…
Story | 02 Sep, 2021
Kick-off community waste management project in Koh Libong sub-district, Trang province, Thailand
As part of the project “Enhancing circular economy model at the local level and improving municipal waste management practices and policies” implemented by IUCN Thailand in Koh Libong sub-district, Trang province, with supports from the European Union (EU), Expertise France, the German Federal…