Grey literature | 2023
Forest landscape restoration interventions : Mano River Union
The present document emphasizes the forest landscape restoration approach and provides guidance on its potential to contribute to integrated water and forest resources management that provides tangible benefits for people, nature and climate in the Mano River Union.
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…
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 | 12 Mar, 2019
Restoration without borders in West Africa
West Africa remains one of the most biologically rich places on the planet, containing more than 9000 species of plants, a thousand species of butterflies, and is among the global hotspots for mammal diversity. Other species follow suit to make these forest landscapes unique and irreplaceable.…
Publication | 2017
Ecosystems protecting infrastructure and communities
Despite increasing recognition of the importance of ecosystem-based approaches for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation, implementation remains mostly underdeveloped worldwide. Lack of knowledge on the implementation process present an important barrier. This publication…
Story | 14 Feb, 2017
Blog: Measuring livelihood dependency on river flow - an interdisciplinary approach
Blog by Laetitia Pettinotti, Researcher at BC3 - Basque Centre for Climate Change.
"Last September the 'WISE-UP to Climate' team visited the dry Northern region of Ghana, destination: the communities of Arigu, Bisigu, and Pwalugu which line the White Volta River. It was my second trip…
Publication | 2015
Enhancing food security through forest landscape restoration
The case studies from Brazil, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, the Philippines and Viet Nam highlight how forest landscape restoration (FLR) interventions enhance food security. They illustrate the ‘win-win’ solutions that can enhance land functionality and productivity, develop…
Press release | 17 Nov, 2014
Global appetite for resources pushing new species to the brink – IUCN Red List
Pacific Bluefin Tuna, Chinese Pufferfish, American Eel, Chinese Cobra and an Australian butterfly are threatened with extinction
Press release | 02 Feb, 2014
IUCN welcomes Total’s ‘no-go’ commitment in World Heritage sites
Oil and gas company Total has confirmed that it will not carry out extractive operations within natural World Heritage sites, including Virunga National Park. IUCN welcomes this decision and calls on all oil and gas companies to follow suit.
Story | 05 Nov, 2013
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