Story | 26 Jan, 2024
Navigating the Bay of Bengal through collaboration: BOBLME II sets sail
In a significant step toward safeguarding the marine ecosystem in South and Southeast Asia, the Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem Project Phase II (BOBLME II) officially kicked off with an inception workshop held from 12 – 14 December 2023 in Bangkok, Thailand. With funding from the Global…
Story | 15 Dec, 2023
Fostering private land as beacon of hope for threatened species in Sri Lanka
Kelani Valley Plantations PLC, a leading manufacturer of tea and rubber, has partnered with IUCN Sri Lanka to develop a conservation project, fostering a privately managed landscape as a beacon of hope for globally threatened species and ecosystems found outside of protected areas. The primary…
Story | 02 Nov, 2023
Navigating blue horizons: Belize’s quest for marine excellence with the IUCN Green List
In the crystal-clear waters of Belize’s marine environment lies a challenge: how to ensure the effective conservation of marine biodiversity while ensuring sustainable financial and human capacities and the rights and values of local rightsholders and stakeholders in and around the marine and…
Story | 04 Sep, 2023
Forest Landscape Restoration experience of HSBC volunteers in Sri Lanka
The Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC), a global bank, has worked with IUCN since 2010 on different initiatives. The latest is the ‘Climate-Smart Opportunities through Restoration and Education (CORE)’ project in Sri Lanka commenced in 2021 to address both climate change and…
Story | 05 Jul, 2023
A watershed moment: reintroducing 30,000 juveniles of endangered Redfin labeo in Sri Lanka
On the occasion of International Biodiversity Day on 22 May 2023, IUCN Sri Lanka Office co-organised an event with the Ministry of Environment (MoE) to release an initial stock of 3,200 out of 30,000 captive-bred juveniles of Redfin labeo back into their native habitats. The release took place…
News | 16 Mar, 2023
Ansell Joins Hands with IUCN to Work Towards Understanding and Minimising Biodiversity Impact
Colombo, Sri Lanka, 16 March 2023: Ansell Limited, a global leader in protection solutions, and IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 23 February 2023, embarking on critical work to map out a pathway for Ansell to develop a…
Story | 29 Dec, 2022
IUCN in Sri Lanka teams up with INSEE for another three years to ensure NbS in development
Over the next three years, the IUCN Sri Lanka Country Office and INSEE Sri Lanka, within the framework of the overall global collaboration between IUCN and INSEE will collaborate on the ecological restoration of the limestone mining area in Aruakalu and several other projects using IUCN flagship…
News | 18 Nov, 2022
Luxembourg becomes an IUCN Framework Partner to help combat climate change and nature loss
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, 17 November 2022 (IUCN) – Today, the government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) signed a multi-year Framework Partnership agreement. The agreement will see Luxembourg provide critically important core…
Publication | 2022
Wetlands are among the world’s most productive and valuable ecosystems and are an integral part of many ecosystems. This book attempts to raise awareness on the relevance of wetland systems and their current impacts and existency threats in different regions of the world. It aims at describing…