Story | 22 Jul, 2024
Lotus fiber: a new women-led flood friendly value chain in the Mekong Delta
In February-March 2024, IUCN organised a training program for 60 women in three upper Mekong Delta provinces of An Giang, Dong Thap, and Long An to produce high value silk yarn from lotus stems. This is part of a 3-year project to develop sustainable value chains for lotus silk products to…
News | 22 Jul, 2024
Kick-off meeting on mangrove restoration and hybrid NbS in the Mekong Delta
On 5 July 2024, IUCN organised a meeting in Bac Lieu Province to launch the project "Increasing coastal resilience in the Mekong Delta through mangrove restoration and hybrid NbS" with funding from The Coca-Cola Foundation (TCCF). The project will apply a hybrid NbS that reconciles coastal…
Story | 22 Jul, 2024
Closing the Caribbean Plastic Tap: propelling Caribbean SIDS towards a plastic-free future
Initiative funded by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation and aimed at addressing recyclable and nonrecyclable plastic waste and plastic leakage in five Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS), kicks off with national inception workshops in Saint Lucia and Saint Kitts and Nevis…
News | 11 Jul, 2024
Mediterranean sites in France and Spain successfully renew their IUCN Green List status
Côte Bleue Marine Park and Cerbère-Banyuls Natural Marine Reserve in France, along with Sierra Nevada National and Natural Park in Spain, are the sites in the Mediterranean region that have recently renewed their IUCN Green List status. In doing so, they maintain their place among the 76…
Project | 16 Jul, 2015 - 31 Dec, 2021
Project | 27 Dec, 2016 - 31 Mar, 2023
The work area of the Amazon 2.0 project is implemented in: Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Guyana, Suriname. Its mission is to strengthen forest governance models in indigenous and peasant territories of the Amazon biome.
Project | 05 Jul, 2016 - 30 Nov, 2024
Managing mangroves and production landscapes for climate change mitigation
Project | 01 Jan, 2019 - 30 Jun, 2023
Catalysing private sector commitment for landscape restoration in supply chains.
Project | 01 Jun, 2017 - 30 Nov, 2022
Project | 01 Nov, 2017 - 31 Oct, 2023