Story | 15 Oct, 2019
Raising the voices of local communities through Citizen Journalism
From 9 -12 September, journalists from Viet Nam Television and Vietnam News collaborated with IUCN to conduct a training on citizen journalism for local community members from three wetlands sites. The training took place in U…
Grey literature | 2019
Optimizing water use in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam : focus on the Robusta coffee sector
The objective of this assignment is to prepare an investment strategy for coffee and cash crop production in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam which complies with the nexus principles of maximizing economic benefits across the Srepok and Sesan river basins.
Grey literature | 2019
Water use and Nexus opportunities in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam : an overview
Story | 24 Sep, 2019
Championing conservation outcomes, the Green List expands in West Asia
With a new site committing to the Green List during the event, an inception meeting for a new project in the region, and a half-day workshop on the Green List with the Kuwait Environment Protection Agency, the Green List was a much talked about subject during the…
Story | 23 Sep, 2019
Youssouph Diedhiou, quiet achiever, making a protected area a vital community neighbour
He wanted to help make the communities skirting Niokolo Koba National Park in Senegal become a part in the mechanism of protection by bringing the protected area management services to the lives of those communities' members. Here's what Youssouph did and how it worked.
Story | 05 Sep, 2019
Where lions go, Africa goes. Unlocking the value of lions and their landscapes
Lions and their landscapes are a major part of Africa’s lifeblood indicator. Facing a catastrophic decline in lion population and habitat, a fresh report is the first to look in detail at the wider ecosystem services lions and…
Story | 22 Aug, 2019
Climate change vulnerability assessment: Rice farming communities in Viet Nam at risk
Recent climate change vulnerability assessments conducted in wetland sites in Viet Nam as a component of IUCN’s Mekong WET project highlighted that rice farming, the main income of wetland communities, will be affected by changes in rainfall…
Story | 10 Jul, 2019
Empowering local communities to raise awareness about climate change through citizen journalism
IUCN and Thai Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) recently joined hands to organise a citizen journalism ‘Training of Trainers’ workshop for media representatives from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand, and Viet Nam.
Story | 25 Jun, 2019
The IUCN North Africa Regional Conservation Forum
The IUCN Regional Conservation Forum (RCF) for IUCN North African members