Story | 03 Feb, 2020
Meeting of IUCN Executive Committee of Pakistan National Committee
A meeting of the Executive Committee of the IUCN Pakistan National Committee (PNC) was held on January 31, 2020 at the Islamabad Programme Office.
Story | 03 Feb, 2020
Karachi, January 30, 2020
The 20th meeting of the National Coordinating Body (NCB) of Mangroves for the Future Programme Pakistan was held on January 30, 2020 in Karachi today. The meeting was chaired by Ms.…
Story | 14 Jan, 2020
Conducting a beach debris monitoring programme in the coastal areas of Viet Nam
On January 1, 2020, Thailand introduced a ban on single-use plastic bags with the participation of 75 department stores, convenience stores and other shops with more than 24,500 branches nationwide.
Jointly published | 2019
Tangled roots and changing tides : mangrove governance for conservation and sustainable use
Mangroves cut across ecosystems, sectors, jurisdictions and governance regimes.
Grey literature | 2019
Tangled roots and changing tides : mangrove governance for conservation and sustainable use
Mangroves cut across ecosystems, sectors, jurisdictions and governance regimes.
Story | 03 Jan, 2020
Prioritising interventions to abate plastic pollution through plastic pollution hotspot methodology
At the World Water Week in Sweden in August 2019, IUCN launched a report on the need to develop a standard methodology to measure the extent of plastic pollution. To meet this need, IUCN and UN Environment Programme developed a “National Guidance for Plastic Pollution Hotspotting and Shaping…
Story | 31 Dec, 2019
Following the decision by IUCN Members to adopt a universal definition of nature-based solutions (NbS) in 2016, IUCN has been working with key stakeholders in relevant sectors, such as water, food, development and humanitarian aid, encouraging them to systematically incorporate NbS into their…
Story | 18 Dec, 2019
First Red List of Threatened Species published in North Macedonia
Almost half of amphibians and reptiles are threatened with extinction and 4 vascular plant species are Critically Endangered in North Macedonia, according to first national Red List published today in Skopje and developed by national experts under the guidance of IUCN.