Story | 05 Feb, 2018
60 year-old Sau Dung is a fisherman who lives by the Hau River, a tributary of the Mekong in Viet Nam’s Hau Giang Province. His family relies on his catch, and with his skill and hard work, he can earn VND 6 million (US$ 265) every month. But there are not many…
Story | 05 Feb, 2018
Sewing and candle-making: Empowering the women of Keti Bandar
In the coastal town of Keti Bandar in Sindh Province, Pakistan, locals once cultivated red rice on mudflats which received abundant freshwater from the Indus River Delta, the fifth largest delta in the world. Red rice cultivation was a source of livelihood for thousands of local communities, and…
Story | 09 Jan, 2018
Launching Ceremony of Business and Biodiversity Platform
On December 20th, 2017, IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), the Port Qasim Authority (PQA) and leading private sector companies of Pakistan jointly launched Pakistan’s first Business and Biodiversity Platform (BBP) at a ceremony held at PQA.
Story | 18 Dec, 2017
Conservationist Tony Whitten, who was the Founding Chair of the IUCN SSC Specialist Group on cave invertebrates, was tragically killed in a cycling accident on November 29 2017. Friend and colleague, and member of the IUCN Species Survival Commision (SSC) Steering Committee, Elizabeth Bennett…
Story | 18 Dec, 2017
In the framework of Ha Long – Cat Ba Alliance, funded by the United State Agency for International Development (USAID), IUCN will hold a media talk with the topic “Sustainable tourism development in the Heritage Sites”, focusing on Ha Long Bay World Heritage Site and Cat Ba Archipelago. The…
Story | 30 Nov, 2017
IUCN-USAID Integrated Coastal Management Project Successfully Draws to a Close
IUCN Pakistan organized the Closing Ceremony of its USAID funded project titled: “Integrated Approach to Education, Capacity Building and Livelihood Development of Coastal Communities in Sindh and in Baluchistan Provinces” at a local hotel in Karachi. Ms. Iffat Malik, Additional Secretary, Sindh…
Story | 23 Nov, 2017
Hosted by the Stimson Center, IUCN, and the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam.
Story | 21 Nov, 2017
Taking nature into account can accelerate global Sustainable Development Goals, says IUCN
As leaders from business, government and the conservation community prepare to demonstrate the latest advances to value and measure natural capital in their supply chains and national policies, greater action is needed to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, says IUCN.
Story | 21 Nov, 2017
"Beautiful, totally worth it, shame about the litter. We thoroughly enjoyed our overnight cruise in Ha Long Bay and would recommend this experience. The only detractor was seeing litter in the water in the area where we went kayaking. Apparently, it's been cleaned up a lot in recent years but it…
Story | 14 Nov, 2017
Beyond frontiers – Engaging the Pakistan Navy in coastal governance
Fisheries are the primary livelihood sector for 80% of the coastal population of Pakistan, but this sector contributes to only 0.5% of national GDP and 1% of the country’s labour force. Fish and fishery-related exports yield, on average, a sum of PKR 8.8 billion (US$ 838 million) for the country…