Project | 01 Apr, 2022 - 31 Mar, 2024
Enhancing Cooperation for Conservation Impact in the Western Tien-Shan
Publication | 2024
The state of protected and conserved areas in Eastern and Southern Africa : second edition
This second edition of The state of protected and conserved areas in Eastern and Southern Africa builds on the first edition published in 2020 and provides updates on how the region is managing and governing protected and conserved areas, effectively providing a regional update on the progress…
Story | 31 May, 2024
New training facility to boost capacity for wildlife conservation in SADC Region
IUCN ESARO launched a new Training Facility for Wildlife Rangers and TFCA Managers at the KAZA Summit, aiming to enhance conservation efforts across the SADC region through the SADC TFCA Financing Facility.
Story | 01 May, 2024
Women fishers learn sustainable practices and give back to the ocean
Women fishers in Ngardmau, Palau are learning new ways to make a living while protecting the environment. With the help of Ebiil Society (Inc.) Kiwa Initiative project, they are now running four giant clam farms instead of traditional fishing.
Blog | 01 Feb, 2022
As a kid in my early years growing up in Labasa on the Northern side of Fiji, I would always follow the neighbours’ kids who were very well versed in coastal living and were very in touch with the traditional ways of living off the resources in the coastal areas. They were from the island of…
Story | 11 Jan, 2022
UNESCO declares world’s first 5-country biosphere reserve along Mura-Drava-Danube
Stretching across Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary and Serbia, the world’s first 5-country biosphere reserve, which has been declared by UNESCO in September 2021 covers 700 km of the Mura, Drava and Danube rivers and a total area of almost 1 million hectares in the so-called ‘Amazon of Europe…
Story | 16 Nov, 2021
3 rivers, 2 countries, 1 vision
The Buzi, Pungwe and Save rivers (BuPuSa) flow through Zimbabwe and Mozambique, representing opportunities for sharing benefits, but also possible risks and water insecurity in the case of a lack of cooperation. A common vision is crucial to address present and future…
Story | 13 Aug, 2020
Even though naturally perfectly equipped to roam the steep mountains of Central Asia, the snow leopard is facing extinction. Around 7,500 individuals live in the wild, according to the most recent estimates. There is a strong commitment of conservationists to prevent the extinction of the…
Story | 02 Feb, 2020
Cold Winter Deserts of Central Asia among potential World Heritage sites, new IUCN report finds
Cold Winter Deserts in Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are among six globally significant biodiversity sites in Central Asia that could potentially qualify for World Heritage status, according to a new report launched today by IUCN, the official advisor on natural World Heritage.
Story | 08 Jan, 2020
Creating value in the wildlife economy
Dr Sue Snyman used studies of southern African protected areas, their tourist facilities, and their communities, to answer questions of why conservation in these African nations makes the wildlife economy valuable (at the Global Wildlife Program annual conference, 2019, in Pretoria, South Africa…