Story | 19 May, 2022
Restoring forest landscapes in Eastern Province of Rwanda
Forest landscape restoration is about restoring the ecological and productive functions of degraded ecosystems in tree-rich landscapes, increasing the resilience of the landscapes and…
Story | 11 May, 2022
Exploring Kien Giang’s island clusters
As part of the IUCN-led USAID Mekong Delta Coastal Habitat Conservation project, IUCN and Kien Giang Department of Agriculture and Rural development (DARD) cooperated on a rapid assessment of three island clusters in the West Sea between the mainland…
Story | 09 May, 2022
IUCN Green List extends deadlines for five Calls for Proposals for external consultancies
The IUCN Protected and Conserved Areas team is extending the deadline for five Calls for Proposals for external consultancies related to the Green List. The new terms of reference are now online on the IUCN Human Resources Management System.
Story | 09 May, 2022
Amy Dickman and Alayne Oriol Cotterill, Joint CEOs and Catherine Coulson, Director of Fundraising and Communications at Lion Landscapes are joined in this conversation by Cécile Fattebert of the IUCN Protected and Conserved Areas team.
Story | 09 May, 2022
Big, bold, and boreal: The largest private conservation project in Canadian history
The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) has launched a bold new project in the heart of the country’s boreal forest. When complete, Boreal Wildlands will be the largest private conservation project in Canada’s history – 1,450 square kilometres. The project will…
Story | 07 May, 2022
IUCN Viet Nam and Con Dao National Park are pleased to announce the call for marine turtle conservation volunteer programme 2022 in Con Dao NP, Ba Ria – Vung Tau Province, Viet Nam.
Story | 06 May, 2022
Freshwater resources and the life and diversity they sustain are under mounting pressure from mass alteration of the river, estuarine, peatland, wetland and watershed ecosystems worldwide, made worse by the impacts of climate change.
Story | 04 May, 2022
Important Shark and Ray Areas news
The IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group has developed the foundations for an expert-driven innovative approach to ensure that discrete portions of habitats, critical to shark species, are delineated and used in various place-based conservation and management initiatives…
Story | 25 Apr, 2022
On behalf of organizers, IUCN would like to express our sincere thanks for all applicants of marine turtle conservation volunteer programme in Hon Cau Marine Protected Area - Summer 2022.
Story | 25 Apr, 2022
IUCN World Heritage Outlook as a tool for measuring protected areas’ effectiveness
Formally recognised as the planet’s most significant protected areas, World Heritage sites are regularly assessed and monitored, enabling valuable data to be gathered on a range of factors including protection and management. Assessing all sites listed for their natural values, the IUCN World…