Blog | 19 Nov, 2020
Conserving land health is a common concern for both the agriculture and conservation sectors, and will be central to a post-Covid19 recovery. Following the publication of its seminal Common Ground report on agriculture and biodiversity, IUCN held a…
Story | 19 Nov, 2020
IUCN guidelines on Treasuring Fishers’ Knowledge for Policy Development and Safekeeping
A new Guidelines for the Gathering of Fishers’ Knowledge for Policy Development and Applied Use was published by IUCN. The launch is also in collaboration with the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD), World Forum of Fisher Peoples, and International Planning Committee Working Group on Fisheries…
Story | 17 Nov, 2020
Strengthening transboundary corridors for tigers in Thailand and Myanmar
To better understand the distribution and relationship between tigers and their prey species, IUCN, with funding from a private foundation in The Netherlands, has issued grants to Panthera/Zoological Society of London and FREELAND to deploy 337 camera traps in four protected areas in
Story | 13 Nov, 2020
Chair of the IUCN Species Survival Commission is honored with the George B. Rabb Conservation Medal
Dr Jon Paul Rodríguez has been honored during the 2020 Conservation Leadership Awards Celebration by the Chicago Zoological Society’s (CZS) Board of Trustees and Women’s Board held virtually.
Blog | 12 Nov, 2020
BLOG: India and Bangladesh need greater, more sustained efforts to conserve Sundarbans
More than 7.5 million people live in the Sundarbans and depend on its ecosystem services. However, the rapid economic growth in both Bangladesh and India and changes in land use are threatening the Sundarbans ecosystem. The Mangrove forests and biodiversity it…
Story | 11 Nov, 2020
IUCN Asia Regional Office, acting as the IBRRI Secretariat, is announcing a call for small grant proposals to implement Ecosystem-based Adaptation measures in Ramsar sites and other wetlands in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, and Viet Nam.
Story | 09 Nov, 2020
People, Nature and Justice: Ecosystem-based Adaptation in Cities of the Global South
Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) encompasses a broad set of approaches to adapt to climate change, that involve the management of ecosystems and their services to reduce the vulnerability of human communities. EbA has gained popularity as an approach to climate adaptation, and a wide body of…
Press release | 05 Nov, 2020
New IUCN-IOC guide demonstrates how sports can benefit nature in cities
Gland, Switzerland, 06.11.2020 (IUCN) – While sports and nature often occupy and compete for the same green spaces in cities, well-planned sports infrastructure can make positive contributions to urban biodiversity.
Story | 04 Nov, 2020
The MEET Network launches an online training to develop Ecotourism in protected areas
Thanks to a learning grant from the MAVA Foundation and project partners IUCN Med and Global Footprint Network, the MEET Network has launched a new online course on Conservation Training Platform. The training is primarily directed at Protected Areas staff interested in ecotourism development…
Story | 03 Nov, 2020
Meet the Hoverfly Experts: Rita Földesi
This is the fourth in a series of interviews with the network of Hoverfly Experts involved in developing the IUCN’s European Red List (ERL) of Hoverflies. The project aims to assess the extinction risk of hoverfly species across Europe, and will…