Publication | 2021
From restoration to responsive governance
The Rio Doce watershed and its adjacent coastal and marine areas have been affected by centuries of extractive activities and unsustainable agricultural practices. When the Fundão tailings dam collapsed on 5 November 2015, a wave of mud swept down the river to the sea, causing 19 deaths,…
Story | 14 Jul, 2021
Multi-stakeholder collaboration restores rare water onions in southern Thailand wetlands
From January to April 2021, the East Forum Foundation worked with over 300 community members, school children and government officials to collect seeds of the endemic water onion (Crinum thaianum), grow them in nurseries and outplant them in streams
Story | 15 Jun, 2021
Thailand businesses continue to innovate to conserve nature, amidst pandemic
The Thailand Bio-Diversity Network Alliance (B-DNA) conducted its Third Virtual Get-Together Meeting last 17 May 2021. Participated in by 60 members, the meeting served as a venue for members to provide updates on the conservation projects they currently implement even…
Story | 10 May, 2021
Thailand celebrates Thailand National Mangrove Day
H.E. Varawut Silpa-archa, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, encouraged the nation to celebrate National Mangrove Day and the success Thailand has had in increasing mangrove forest areas. In addition, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Mr.…
Publication | 2021
Source-to-sea and landscape approaches
The report contextualises the current status of water quality and biodiversity in the Rio Doce watershed, providing selected data and information on the physical, chemical and biological quality of the water and an overview of the terrestrial, freshwater and marine biodiversity since the dam…
Story | 23 Mar, 2021
Underscoring community values and ecosystem services of the Baan Pa Pong wetland forest, Thailand
On 26 February, during the Buddhist Makha Bucha Day celebration, the Hill Area and Community Development Foundation (HADF) in collaboration with the Baan Pa Pong community, the River for Life Association, and the Rak Chiang Khong Group held a…
Story | 25 Feb, 2021
IUCN MARPLASTICCs project Provides Institutional Frameworks Governing Marine Plastic Pollution to understand marine plastic pollution and Extended Producer Responsibility in Asia and Africa
Story | 07 Jan, 2021
[Extended] Request for Proposals for Organising SMART patrol training courses for DNP park rangers
Within the framework of its project Accelerating Tiger Recovery Along the Thailand-Myanmar Border, and in cooperation with the Department of National Parks, Wildlife, and Plant Conservation (DNP), IUCN is pleased to announce a request for proposals for tiger conservation in the western portion…
Press release | 02 Dec, 2020
Climate change now top threat to natural World Heritage – IUCN report
Gland, Switzerland, 2 December 2020 (IUCN) – Climate change is now the biggest threat to natural World Heritage, according to a report published today by IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature). A third (33%) of natural World Heritage sites are threatened by…
Story | 18 Aug, 2020
IUCN, Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP), Faculty of Forestry - Kasetsart University, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Zoological Society of London (ZSL), Panthera-Thailand, Seub Nakhasathien…