Blog | 02 Apr, 2024
Green List Forum: a deep reflection on the future of global conservation
In December 2023, a seminal event took place in Cape Town, South Africa, bringing together experts to discuss the progress and challenges of the IUCN Green List Programme.
News | 03 Apr, 2024
In over 12 years of implementation, the Biodiversity and Protected Areas Management (BIOPAMA) programme has assisted some 36 SIDS members of the Organisation of Africa, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) to address their priorities for improved management and governance of…
Grey literature | 2024
The Fundão disaster in 2015 was one of the biggest environmental disasters in Brazil’s history. The collapse of the dam near the city of Mariana released around 39 million m3 of tailings, which travelled 670 km to reach the Atlantic Ocean. Along the way, the tailings resulted in 19 deaths,…
Grey literature | 2021
This report is a consolidation of in-country data gathered during 2020 in three Caribbean countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, and St. Lucia. For the purpose of this report, all regional data analysis is based on these countries only. Data collection encompassed three sectors — household and…
Grey literature | 2024
Improving the sustainability of freshwater services
The IUCN Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions™ self-assessment tool is a recent framework for assessing the effectiveness of a potential NbS intervention against eight good practice principles, associated with 28 criteria. This report brings an overview of the NbS Global Standard…
Story | 20 Nov, 2023
The Plastic Waste Free Islands (PWFI) Project, a four-year global initiative, comes to an end leaving important contributions by promoting island circular economy and demonstrating effective, quantifiable solutions to address plastic waste leakage in Small Island Developing States (SIDS).
Factsheet | 2023
Economic Impact of Plastic Pollution in Antigua and Barbuda, Caribbean
In 2019 with Norad support, IUCN launched the Plastic Waste Free Islands (PWFI) project, aiming to reduce plastic waste generation and leakage into the ocean in island nations in the Pacific and Caribbean regions.
News | 19 Sep, 2023
Statement of support for Morocco and Libya
In the past week, two significant natural disasters have struck Morocco and Libya. As the Mediterranean office of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), our hearts go out to our colleagues, partners and all those affected by these tragedies.
File | 2023
Using secondary data to assess knowledge uptake and influence of the Rio Doce Panel
Findings and key lessons learned from using the N-Vivo software
File | 2023
Analysis on the Rio Doce Panel impacts
Analytical report on the main influences of the Rio Doce Panel