Story | 31 Jan, 2023
Judging complex societal change processes is made easier with new guidelines to assess contributions. An important contribution claim begins with the question, “How and why has the intervention made a difference, or not?”
Story | 05 Dec, 2022
Six country teams gathered in October 2022 to reflect on the implementation and achievements of Ecosystem-based adaptation on their respective mountain systems and communities…
Story | 09 Nov, 2022
Community members at Cuc Phuong National Park and Van Long Nature Reserve in Vietnam put their skills to the test by hosting real visitors.
Story | 08 Nov, 2022
In transboundary mountain ecosystems across Nepal, Bhutan, Peru, Colombia, Kenya, and Uganda, IUCN and partners have worked from 2017 - 2022 to implement ecosystem-based adaptation approaches to increase climate resilience and reduce vulnerabilities of local communities and the ecosystems they…
Story | 10 Oct, 2022
“Cash for work” mechanism for the empowerment of community tourism in Peru
Planeterra and IUCN SUR co-implement the "Cash for Work" mechanism in Amarakaeri Communal Reserve (a Green Listed site) and Río Abiseo National Park (a Green List candidate site) to ensure direct benefits for local people and help their post-COVID recovery through tourism. All the work…
Story | 02 Sep, 2022
During July and August 2022, the training on Health and Safety (H&S) implications in community tourism took place at Cuc Phuong National Park and Van Long Wetlands Nature Reserve.
Story | 30 Aug, 2022
Engaging Mozambique’s business and financial sectors on biodiversity
Through BIODEV2030, IUCN is joining forces with the Confederation of Economic Associations (CTA) in Mozambique to accelerate voluntary private sector commitments that will help the country meet its national biodiversity goals.
Story | 10 Aug, 2022
Participatory 3D Mapping (P3DM) is an exciting method that has been implemented to support the process of knowledge sharing and collaboration with local and indigenous peoples for the success of effective management of protected and conserved areas. P3DM integrate local and indigenous spatial…
Story | 10 Aug, 2022
IUCN and their implementing partner Planeterra developed, together with 10 communities of 2 protected areas, their first Action Plans on Tourism and started training on Ecotourism Products.
Story | 05 Jul, 2022
New blue carbon partnership for Western Indian Ocean mangrove reforestation
As part of the Great Blue Wall initiative, designed to accelerate ocean conservation and regenerative economic development in the Western Indian Ocean, IUCN and Blue Forest Company used the UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon to announce a new blue carbon partnership, with work beginning in Mozambique…