Story | 05 Sep, 2016
Ashiq Ahmad Khan wins the Kenton Miller Award 2016
3 September 2016
IUCN World Conservation Congress, Honolulu
Ashiq Ahmad Khan received the Kenton Miller Award for Innovation in Protected Areas Management for achieving a more secure and sustainable management of Khunjerab National Park in Pakistan. Ashiq was one of the first…
Story | 04 Sep, 2016
Meet the Heritage Hero voted by the public – Bibhuti Lahkar
The public has spoken, choosing Bibhuti Lahkar as the people’s choice Heritage Hero, for his dedication to the conservation of India’s Manas Wildlife Sanctuary. The result of last week’s online voting was announced at the 2016 IUCN World Conservation Congress in Hawai‘i, USA.
Story | 08 Aug, 2016
IUCN and Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) organised a launch ceremony of the mangroves plantation in the Port Qasim Area jurisdiction of the SSGC LPG-Terminal today.
Story | 04 Aug, 2016
Provincial Government Officials received Orientation on Climate Financing Opportunities
An orientation session was organized by IUCN in collaboration with the Ministry of Climate Change for the Sindh Provincial Government Officials at the IUCN Country Office, Karachi. The orientation was attended by representatives of the various provincial government departments.
Story | 02 Aug, 2016
IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management strives to expand worldwide database on Ecosystems
The Chairperson of the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM), Mr. Piet Wit, presented the Comission's work and goals to IUCN Members, Commission Members and staff at the IUCN Country Office, Karachi.
Press release | 30 May, 2016
Experts address vulture decline issues at Pakistan Regional Symposium on Vulture Conservation
In May IUCN Pakistan and Baanhn Beli in collaboration with the Ministry of Climate Change organised a Regional Symposium on conservation of vultures in Asia. The symposium was organised under the Vultures Conservation Project being implemented jointly by Baanhn Beli and IUCN under a USAID funded…
Story | 02 May, 2016
Deadly poacher attack on Garamba staff horrific – IUCN
IUCN is shocked by the attack recently carried out by elephant poachers in Garamba National Park, which killed three rangers and injured another two, including the park’s manager Erik Mararv.
Press release | 20 Dec, 2015
The national conference “Paving the Way for Sustainable Transport in Pakistan” commenced today in Islamabad, bringing together a wide range of national and international experts to discuss and share best practice and experiences in sustainable transport, as well as to draw attention to…
Press release | 21 Oct, 2015
‘Natural products being replaced with synthetic products’alarming, say experts
Pakistani products patented by other countries will have negative impacts – experts A consultative meeting was organized jointly by the Ministry of Climate Change and IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, to discuss possibilities of incorporating biosafety concerns into…