Story | 14 Nov, 2016
IUCN launches online resource on forest landscape restoration to support climate action
Today, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) launched InfoFLR, an online portal with in-depth information on forest landscape restoration. InfoFLR will also house results from IUCN’s new project, the Bonn Challenge Barometer of Progress – a tool to monitor the implementation…
Story | 11 Nov, 2016
Fostering stakeholder dialogues to catalyse forest landscapes in Indonesia
IUCN’s Adriana Vidal and Chetan Kumar report from a panel discussion titled Multi-stakeholders Participatory Approach – Evidence from Forest Based Landscape at the Indonesia Pavilion during UNFCCC COP22 discussions in Marrakesh, Morocco. This panel examined results from South Sumatra where land…
Story | 10 Nov, 2016
Tackling climate change through forest ecosystems in and around India
IUCN joined the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), and the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) to discuss ecosystems and climate change at COP22 in Marrakech.
Story | 10 Nov, 2016
This week at COP22, IUCN joined a panel discussion on implementing the Paris Agreement, organised as part of Forest Action Day and focused on how the sustainable management of forests would help countries achieve their targets.
Story | 04 Nov, 2016
Marie Parramon Gurney: On Integrated Landscape Management
October 2016 - Marie Parramon Gurney is the lead coordinator in Africa for SUSTAIN, an initiative to implement the Sustainable Development Goals in African growth corridors with the aim of facilitating the greening of growth that is inclusive and climate-resilient.
Story | 03 Nov, 2016
The latest progress report on the New York Declaration on Forests (NYDF), released today, emphasises the important role played by forest landscape restoration and the Bonn Challenge in achieving international climate targets. With COP22 just around the corner, Carole Saint-Laurent, Deputy…
Story | 20 Oct, 2016
National Meeting of Honduras with Active Participation of Basin Councils
The 2nd National Meeting of Basin Councils was held June 6-10, 2016, in the municipality of Santa Cruz de Yojoa, Honduras
Story | 05 Oct, 2016
Reflections on a forest journey
IUCN World Conservation Congress Forest Journey is complete. What did we learn?
Story | 05 Oct, 2016
Mangroves for the Future at the IUCN World Conservation Congress
The MFF regional secretariat along with MFF country staff will be presenting at the upcoming IUCN World Conservation Congress in Hawai’i from 1 - 10 September.
Story | 03 Oct, 2016
Blog: 'Can’t see the water for the trees?' By James Dalton et al.
Originally published in Global Water Forum, Monday 3 October 2016. To maximise downstream water quantity, you remove vegetation – all of it, including the trees. To counter rising carbon dioxide levels, you plant trees – lots of them. How should we do both?