Story | 15 Jul, 2013
Unusual Partnership - Doe Mae Salong Landscape, Thailand
The Doi Mae Salong watershed in the north-west of Thailand is the headwater of the Mae Chan River, a tributary of the Mekong River. As such, it is an extremely important landscape for the economy of the region. The landscape has the particularity of being designated a Military Reserved Area and…
Story | 14 Jul, 2013
Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy - Results and Reflections
Are forests just an economic safety net for the poor? How much are forests actually worth, on a global scale?
Story | 04 Jul, 2013
Flash conferences: 8 extra good reasons to visit “SOS nature” exhibition!
Starting July 9th, anyone in the Geneva region of Switzerland has 8 extra good reasons to visit the “SOS nature” exhibition in La Cité du Temps, central Geneva! All talks in this series of flash conferences will be delivered in the setting of SOS nature photographic exhibition…
Press release | 23 Jun, 2013
Pakistan makes it to the Guinness World Records by planting 847,275 mangrove saplings in a day
“The Sindh Forest Department has set a Guinness World Record for planting a maximum number of mangroves saplings at Keti Bunder”, informed the Additional Secretary Sindh Forest and Wildlife Department, Mr. Aijaz Ahmed Nizamani at a press conference held here on June 22, in Keti Bunder.
Story | 25 Apr, 2013
IUCN’s research into rights-based approaches (RBAs) to reduce poverty and benefit conservation has been focused on the development of tools to better inform conservation strategies.
Story | 04 Apr, 2013
An Ecosystem Approach to Management of Seamounts in the Southern Indian Ocean
Within the framework of an IUCN/GEF/UNDP Southern Indian Ocean (SIO) Project, IUCN organized in Rome, on 16–17 July 2012, a Management Workshop on conservation and management measures applicable to high seas areas in the SIO. The objectives were to: (i) define the different elements of a…
Story | 07 Feb, 2013
Lam Binh Community sends strong message to poachers
Once bitten, twice shy. Or perhaps, in this case the phrase should be ‘once stung, twice shy’. That is the lesson SOS grantee, People Resources and Conservation Foundation, hopes poachers will take from a recent successful ‘sting’ operation carried out in Lam Binh, a remote mountainous karst…
Story | 05 Feb, 2013
Protected Areas Governance and Management E-book newsletter
Story | 18 Dec, 2012
Mediterranean Seagrass Meadows: Resilience and Contribution to Climate Change Mitigation
A Short Summary