Story | 25 Mar, 2022
The UN World Water Development Report 2022 “Groundwater: Making the invisible visible” was officially launched by the UNESCO Director-General at the opening ceremony of the 9th World Water Forum in Dakar, Senegal, on 21 March 2022.
Story | 24 Feb, 2022
Aquaculture and Nature-based Solutions: new report
A new report from the AquaCoCo project works to identify synergies between sustainable development of coastal communities, aquaculture, and marine and coastal conservation. It examines the emerging concept of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) and the IUCN Global Standard for NbS when applied to…
Story | 07 Feb, 2022
Request for Proposals (RfP) Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant
IUCN Regional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia invites qualified experts to submit Proposals for the individual consultancy of a Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant in the frame of the ADAPT project.
Story | 07 Feb, 2022
World Wetlands Day 2022 celebrated in Pakistan
IUCN Pakistan celebrated the World Wetlands Day 2022 at Sindh and Punjab provinces. The day was also observed by the Karot Biodiversity project at AJ&K.
Story | 07 Feb, 2022
World Wetlands Day 2022 - Message by, Mahmood Akhtar Cheema, Country Representative IUCN Pakistan
Today is the World Wetlands Day. The theme for this year is Wetlands: Action for People and Nature which highlights the importance of actions required to conserve the wetlands and to use them sustainably. This day is celebrated worldwide to raise global awareness about an important role of…
Story | 02 Feb, 2022
Safeguarding the wetlands in the Buna delta
To celebrate the 2022 World Wetlands Day, the Living Buna project partners release two videos portraying the efforts of the local community to safeguard the wetlands in the Buna River delta in Albania.
Story | 27 Jan, 2022
Symposium on Peatlands in Lao PDR
Over the course of two days during 21 and 22 January 2022, the MONRE Vice Minister Chanthaneth Boualapha presided over Lao People’s Democratic Republic’s (Lao PDR) first ever Symposium on Peatlands, held in Viengkham Districts, Vientiane Province.
Story | 26 Jan, 2022
The Life Blue Natura project ends with one of the most anticipated results: the establishment of two pilot projects for blue carbon compensation. These new projects are supported by the new Andalusian carbon standard for the certification of blue carbon credits, as well as the legal framework of…
Story | 21 Jan, 2022
In the framework of the European LIFE Wetlands4Climate project, IUCN member Fundación Global Nature (Spain) is working in 10 different wetlands across the Iberian Peninsula. The main goal is to identify the most suitable restoration and conservation measures in each case that allow to improve…
Story | 09 Dec, 2021
The Blue Carbon Policy Project is operational
Striving to make international policies coherent and aligned, to accelerate coastal ecosystem conservation.