Story | 07 Oct, 2022
World Rivers Day 2022: Protecting the free-flowing Aoos-Vjosa River in Greece and Albania
Around this year’s World Rivers Day on 25 September, a number of events and activities were held along the Aoos-Vjosa River in Greece and Albania to promote transboundary collaboration and protection of this unique river system, from its source to the sea.
Press release | 07 Oct, 2022
Protecting the Aoos-Vjosa River and its tributaries
On World Rivers Day 2022, project partners for ‘Saving the last free-flowing wild river in Europe: Aoos/Vjosa’ were in Greece to promote protection of the Aoos and Vjosa Rivers, from the headwaters in Greece to the Albanian coast.
Story | 07 Oct, 2022
Promising cross-government collaborations for conservation in Canada
As an inspiring example of collaboration across levels of government, Canada and the province of Nova Scotia are making important strides for conservation. Together, the federal and provincial governments have recently committed to establishing the province's first…
News | 26 Aug, 2022
The two latest knowledge products on Nature-based Solutions (NbS) present key findings and recommendations on how to enhance climate change adaptation and help reduce the risk of disasters in the Western Balkans. The NbS scoping studies for Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia are now available …
Story | 02 Aug, 2022
Call to host the 6th International Marine Protected Area Congress (IMPAC6) in 2026
We are delighted to open a call for proposals to host the 6th International Marine Protected Area Congress (IMPAC 6) in 2026. Since 2005 a global community of marine protected area managers and practitioners have come together once every four years at IMPAC, co-chaired by IUCN and the…
Story | 25 Jul, 2022
Building the knowledge and capacity on Nature-based Solutions in the Western Balkans
IUCN team of experts has delivered a set of training events in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Serbia from March to July 2022 aiming to facilitate experience sharing, strengthen knowledge, and sensitise decision-makers, planners, and practitioners on the role of Nature-based…
News | 25 Jul, 2022
On July 11th and 12th, 2022, a Regional Workshop on Governance, Management and Indigenous Territorial Law, organized by COICA and IUCN South America through the Amazonia 2.0 project, was held at the Hotel Quito in Quito, Ecuador. The workshop strengthened the strategic alliance between COICA and…
Story | 20 Jul, 2022
Enhancing legal and policy frameworks for Nature-based Solutions in the Western Balkans
Until now, there has been no systematic and consistent approach to legal and policy analysis that addresses the integration of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) into development strategies, sectoral policies and legal instruments to tackle climate change and disaster risks. In responding to this gap…
Page | 01 Jul, 2022
ADAPT: Nature-based Solutions in the Western Balkans
Increasing ecosystem and community resilience to climate change and environmental degradation by applying Nature-based solutions in the Western Balkans
Story | 12 Oct, 2021
The Bonn Challenge/ECCA30 initiative welcomes three new pledges from the region
Three new regional Bonn Challenge pledges were announced today at the Ministerial Meeting on Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) and the ECCA30/Bonn Challenge in Eastern and South-East Europe organised by FAO and UNECE, in cooperation with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN…