Story | 23 Oct, 2019
The world of protected areas in one book, now in Spanish
The entirety of protected area management and governance has been available in one book since the IUCN World Parks Congress 2014, in Sydney. The Spanish version of this publication, 'Protected Area Governance and Management’, was launched in Lima, on 15 October 2019, at the third Latin American…
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 | 05 Sep, 2019
The living Amazon is given a breath of fresh air
IUCN will work on a new partnership for the IUCN Green List in the Amazon with support from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation’s Andes-Amazon Initiative. IUCN will promote the Green List Standard that describes and encourages fair and effective…
Press release | 25 Mar, 2019
Belo Horizonte, 25 March 2019 (IUCN) - The Rio Doce Panel, an independent panel of experts coordinated by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to advise the Renova Foundation on the recovery efforts of the Rio Doce Basin,…
Story | 25 Nov, 2018
PANORAMA initiative expands to showcase civil society engagement on business and biodiversity
Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, 23 November 2018 (IUCN) – A new PANORAMA theme exploring how civil society can engage with business aims to scale up new partnerships and action to mainstream biodiversity across different sectors -- a key objective of the UN Biodiversity…
Story | 21 Dec, 2017
Supporting cacao production and restoration in Brazil
Using cacao agroforestry systems to restore the Brazilian rainforest while improving livelihoods and producing deforestation-free commodities in Brazil. A blog by Rodrigo Mauro Freire of The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and Salome Begeladze of IUCN.
Story | 20 Oct, 2017
Two key publications from the IUCN WCPA Best Practice Protected Area Guidelines Series, Governance of Protected Areas, and Urban Protected Areas, have been translated into Portuguese, with the support of the Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, the German Society for…
Press release | 22 Jun, 2017
Gland, Switzerland – IUCN former President, globally recognised environmentalist Yolanda Kakabadse, will Chair the new IUCN independent scientific and technical advisory panel on the restoration of the Rio Doce watershed in Brazil, following the 2015 collapse of the Fundão tailings dam at the…
Story | 12 Jun, 2017
2nd International meeting, Global Judicial Institute on Environment - Day 2
GJIE Statute, membership, and hosting options on agenda
Story | 07 Jun, 2017
“Turning the onus of restoration into a bonus for farmers” in Brazil
A recent article on research in Brazil yields seven flexible options for farmers who wish to use agroforestry as a means to comply with regulations while benefitting their land and livelihoods.