Story | 28 May, 2021
100,000 Nature jobs on cards - Pakistan targeting ecosystem restoration
Webinar organized by Ministry of Climate Change, Government of Pakistan, IUCN, OXFAM and PNC member organizations
Press release | 21 May, 2021
A meeting of IUCN Pakistan Members Committee was organized virtually on May 20, 2021. Members from all the four provinces and Azad Jammu and Kashmir participated in the meeting.
Blog | 20 Apr, 2021
A Place to Call Her Own: Land titling and gender-based violence in South Kivu, DRC
In the South Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), there are no female chiefs or heads of wards across the 40 villages in Walungu. The low level of representation in these leadership spaces means that women face an uphill battle when it comes to accessing land rights.
Story | 17 Feb, 2021
The Sindh Forest Department, Government of Sindh, organized an event at Shah Bander to dedicate an island to Legendary Forester Tahir Qureshi – Baba-e-Mangroves (Father of Mangroves) in recognition of his services rendered towards conservation of mangroves along the Pakistan coast. The event…
Grey literature | 2020
Inter-institutional coordination mechanisms for forest landscape restoration
The first part of this document offers guidance to assess the development of new or existing inter-institutional coordination mechanisms (ICMs) for forest landscape restoration (FLR). The second part presents an analysis of two case studies of ICMs from TRI country projects where the network…
Story | 02 Dec, 2020
Need to streamline National REDD+ Programme Awareness across, forest communities, private sector
IUCN Pakistan in collaboration with the Ministry of Climate Change organized a Stakeholders’ Workshop for preparation of REDD+ Strategic Communications Plan in Islamabad today. The event was attended by a large number of government officials, members of the civil society, environmental experts…
Story | 22 Sep, 2020
The Ministry of Climate Change has launched the Consortium to undertake Third Party Monitoring for its flagship Ten Billion Tree Tsunami Programme (TBTTP). The Government of Pakistan has mandated the Consortium which consists of IUCN, FAO and WWF to conduct the Third Party Monitoring and…
Story | 27 Jul, 2020
How Pakistan is winning against Climate Change
Pakistan is the fastest country to achieve its UN Climate Action Goals which calls for urgent actions to combat Climate Change 10 years before the deadline.
Story | 24 Jul, 2020
IUCN Standard to boost impact of nature-based solutions to global challenges
IUCN today unveiled a Global Standard providing the first-ever set of benchmarks for nature-based solutions to global challenges. The new IUCN Global Standard will help governments, business and civil society ensure the effectiveness of nature-based solutions and maximise their potential to help…
Story | 20 Jul, 2020
New IUCN paper examines key success factors for building effective business platforms
To accelerate meaningful conservation action and partnerships with the private sector, a new paper published today examines the key success factors and challenges across nine IUCN-backed business and biodiversity platforms.