News | 20 Oct, 2022
Plastic waste and pollution affect every part of the globe and every ecosystem. Innovative solutions that use recycled plastic material for reusable food containers, construction materials, furniture, and partnerships for bottle-to-bottle recycling are highlighted in the eight business plans and…
Blog | 19 Oct, 2022
How local communities restored degraded sebeya catchment in Rwanda
It is sunrise on Monday morning in Rutsiro District, in the mountainous western edge of Rwanda. A group of men, women and youth are ready to start work carving radical terraces into the steep slopes of the Kajugujugu site of Murunda Sector, Rutsiro District.
Story | 11 Oct, 2022
In its efforts to mainstream human rights in the day-to-day operations of rangers in Southern Africa, IUCN’s SADC TFCA Financing Facility commissioned the first training session on Human Rights and Law Enforcement for its grant recipients in Lubombo TFCA, eSwatini.
Blog | 10 Oct, 2022
Kigali-Rwanda: Research carried out in the Eastern Province of Rwanda under the DeSIRA Research Project, funded by the European Union Delegation in Rwanda, shows that indigenous trees have the potential to deal with the problem of drought and other soil related problems that have been…
Story | 23 Sep, 2022
Norway renews commitment to World Heritage Leadership
Norway’s Ministry of Climate and Environment has renewed its support for World Heritage Leadership, a capacity-building programme jointly run by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of…
Grey literature | 2020
Plastic Pollution Regional Report from Eastern and Southern Africa Mediterranean and Southeast Asia
Plastic Pollution Hotspotting and Shaping Action Regional Report Eastern and Southern Africa Mediterranean and Southeast Asia - a comprehensive view
Dataset | 2020
MARPLASTICCs South Africa National Plastic Pollution Hotspotting Report and data
MARPLASTICCs South Africa National Plastic Pollution Hotspotting Report and data
Grey literature | 2021
MARPLASTICCs Outcomes Report 2021
A summary of the Marine Plastics and Coastal Communities project outcomes 2017-2021.
Grey literature | 2020
MARPLASTICCs Outcomes Reports 2020
The implementation of the Marine Plastics and Coastal Communities (MARPLASTICCs) Initiative has yielded significant outcomes, which are either tangible or facilitative paths for project activities to flow through. The Outcome Harvesting Exercise has shown the intricate interlinks of the four …
Grey literature | 2021
Efficiency of beach clean-ups and deposit refund schemes (DRS) to avoid damages from plastic pollution on the tourism sector in Cape Town, South Africa