Publication | 2014
Transboundary water governance : adaptation to climate change
Management of transboundary waters in increasingly becoming more challenging, and climate change is likely to exacerbate these pressures. Not least because climate change is a global issue, adaptation will require an international response. This book aims to identify issues, both theoretical and…
Story | 09 Jul, 2014
SOS Marine: Collaboration key to saving Bangladesh’s cetaceans from gillnets
The lives of Bangladesh's fishermen and its coastal cetaceans are intertwined. Regarded as their brethren at sea, fishermen often lament the death of these top predators through entanglement in gillnets. Finding mutually beneficial solutions, Brian Smith and colleague Rubaiyat Mowgli Mansur,…
Press release | 04 Jun, 2014
Experts at a second National Consultative Workshop on Pakistan’s water issues called for urgent decisions and action to prevent the country from drifting into a major and imminent water crisis in the near future, likening it to the energy crisis that Pakistan currently faces.
Press release | 23 May, 2014
IUCN Pakistan under the USAID Small Grants and Ambassador’s Fund Programme funded ‘Saving the Endangered Sea Turtles’ Project jointly organized the World Turtle Day and International Day for Biological Diversity 2014 at Sandspit…
Press release | 19 May, 2014
IUCN launches USAID-funded marine turtle conservation project
Efforts to protect the endangered sea turtles along the coasts of Sindh and Balochistan received a boost with the launch of a ‘Saving the Endangered Sea Turtles’ project at a ceremony in Karachi on May 19, 2014. The launching ceremony was attended by a large number of participants representing…
Press release | 11 Mar, 2014
A first-of-its-kind dialogue to debate weightage political parties of Pakistan give to environment in their manifestoes was organized by the Government of Pakistan and IUCN under their joint National Impact Assessment Programme (NIAP) in Islamabad today.
Story | 04 Feb, 2014
Entrepreneurship for World Heritage in Africa: sign up to the workshop
The African World Heritage Fund (AWHF), in partnership with the Centre for Heritage Development in Africa (CHDA) and Ecole du Patrimoine Africain (EPA), launch the call for applications for the training workshops on entrepreneurship.
Press release | 02 Feb, 2014
IUCN welcomes Total’s ‘no-go’ commitment in World Heritage sites
Oil and gas company Total has confirmed that it will not carry out extractive operations within natural World Heritage sites, including Virunga National Park. IUCN welcomes this decision and calls on all oil and gas companies to follow suit.
Press release | 29 Jan, 2014
A meeting of Executive Committee of the IUCN Pakistan National Committee Members was convened at the IUCN Country Office in Karachi today.
Press release | 15 Jan, 2014
Steps Needed to Mitigate Coastal Erosion Threats to Communities through Scientific Approaches
A national consultative workshop to discuss findings of and debate on a national assessment report on Coastal Erosion in Pakistan concluded on Wednesday, with experts and stakeholders urging management of coastal zones of Pakistan in a more scientific manner.