Story | 06 Dec, 2022
The Restoration Initiative: A Pakistan story
A pine nut value chain is saving threatened chilgoza forests in Pakistan
Story | 29 Nov, 2022
A thousand hills turn green: How Rwanda became a leader in forest landscape restoration
Rwanda is the Land of a Thousand Hills, but are these hills still healthy and productive? This is the story of how a small east African country took the unprecedented initiative to restore the functionality of lands that had lost the ability to support people and biodiversity.
Story | 23 Nov, 2022
Observance of World Fisheries Day 2022
IUCN Pakistan in partnership with Pakistan Fisheries Society & Department of Zoology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad on 21 November, 2022 commemorated One day International Symposium on "World Fisheries Day 2022" at Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad. The theme of the day was “…
Story | 02 Dec, 2022
A five day training on “Watershed Management Techniques” was conducted by IUCN Pakistan for the Forest and Wildlife Department, Government of Balochistan to help them broaden the understanding of the background, approaches, and techniques of Watershed Management.
Story | 09 Nov, 2022
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), in collaboration with the Planning and Development Board, Government of Punjab launched Pakistan’s first ever Climate Change Gender Action Plan in Punjab.
IUCN event
Biodiversity: Nature based solutions for climate resilience in Rwanda
This COP27 side event will showcase Rwanda’s achievements in using Nature-based Solutions for climate resilience. It will provide an opportunity for different partners, including the private sector, NGOs and CSOs, to understand how far Rwanda is in implementing the best practices for Nature-…
News | 28 Oct, 2022
Deadline Approaching: Final Call for Submissions - Gender and Climate Award
The deadline to submit applications for the first Gender and Climate Award is fast approaching.
This is an important Opportunity to present your novel ideas and good work to get global recognition and award prize of the Pakistan’s first Gender and Climate Award.
Blog | 24 Oct, 2022
SNV’s role in the EWMR Technical Assistance (TA) Consortium is to support the development of innovative finance mechanisms and value chains to improve economic and ecological benefits within Sebeya and other catchments. To accomplish this, key interventions have been focusing on…
Blog | 24 Oct, 2022
IUCN and RWB conduct consultation meetings for Mukungwa and Akagera catchment management plans
Rwanda Water Resources Board (RWB) in collaboration with International Union for Conservation of nature (IUCN) organised two consultation meetings for Mukungwa catchment and Akagera low catchment in Rwanda with the overall objective to jointly identify challenges, solutions and opportunities to…
Blog | 19 Oct, 2022
How local communities restored degraded sebeya catchment in Rwanda
It is sunrise on Monday morning in Rutsiro District, in the mountainous western edge of Rwanda. A group of men, women and youth are ready to start work carving radical terraces into the steep slopes of the Kajugujugu site of Murunda Sector, Rutsiro District.