Story | 01 Jun, 2018
Call for application: Marine turtle conservation volunteer programme 2018 in Con Dao National Park
IUCN Viet Nam and Con Dao National Park are pleased to announce the call for marine turtle conservation volunteer programme 2018 in Con Dao National Park, Ba Ria Vung Tau Province.
Story | 30 May, 2018
‘Clear Waters, Green Mountains’ - Forging New Relationships for a Sustainable Future
IUCN sees China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as not only one of the most important developments for Asia, but for the rest of the world. In the coming decade, the BRI will invest billions of dollars annually in…
Story | 27 May, 2018
On behalf of organizers, IUCN would like to express our sincere thanks for all applicants of marine turtle conservation volunteer programme 2018 in Hon Cau Marine Protected Area.
Story | 25 May, 2018
The International Day for Biological Diversity Day is being celebrated today all over the world to mark the importance of Biological Diversity on this earth. The theme for the year 2018 is "Celebrating 25 Years of Action for Biodiversity" stresses on the actions taken at the national and…
Story | 10 May, 2018
IUU fishing in Cu Lao Cham MPA: how to deal with it?
In April 2017, an IUCN team spent a week on Cu Lao Cham (CLC) in central Vietnam assisting negotiations between the management board and local fishing communities to expand the strictly protected zone of the Marine Protected Area (MPA) from less…
Story | 10 May, 2018
The Xe Kong 1 dam: why it matters for Vietnam
The Xe Kong, which rises in Thua Thien Hue before flowing into Lao PDR and then into Cambodia, is the last unobstructed major tributary of the Mekong and is of irreplaceable value for regional food security and the productivity of the Mekong Delta. …
Story | 08 May, 2018
IUCN and MFF stand with Pakistan Navy in massive mangrove restoration campaign
On 3 May, the Pakistan Navy, in collaboration with Mangroves for the Future (MFF) Pakistan, launched the Mangroves Plantation Campaign for 2018 in Shah Bandar, a town in Sindh Province’s Sujawal District.
Story | 28 Apr, 2018
IUCN Viet Nam and Hon Cau MPA are pleased to announce the call for marine turtle conservation volunteer programme 2018 in Hon Cau MPA, Binh Thuan Province.
Story | 23 Apr, 2018
The Sindh Forest Department yet again clinched the 3rd Guinness World Record for planting the maximum number of mangrove saplings during the daylight hours in Keti Bunder, Thatta District, along Sindh coast, on April 19, 2018. The total number of saplings planted…
Story | 06 Apr, 2018
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on April 04th, 2018, in line with its agenda to implement a Child-Centered Disaster Risk…