Press release | 12 Nov, 2021
IUCN welcomes recognition of nature’s role at COP26 and calls for more ambition
IUCN welcomes the progress made in Glasgow, including with respect to nature. However, it stresses that this headway will not be sufficient to “keep 1.5°C alive”, and calls for significant and meaningful step change at COP27. We are running out of time and options.
Story | 11 Nov, 2021
IUCN spurs restoration action and monitoring by launching a typology of restoration interventions for ALL terrestrial ecosystem types including coasts and inland waters. The IUCN Restoration Intervention Typology for Terrestrial Ecosystems (RITTE…
Story | 10 Nov, 2021
Global launch of the Great Blue Wall
Movement launched to conserve and restore marine and coastal biodiversity while unlocking the development of a regenerative sustainable blue economy
At the UNFCCC COP26 in Glasgow, Western Indian Ocean states and partners including International Union for Conservation of…
Story | 07 Nov, 2021
Adaptive Collaborative Management of Forest Landscapes: Villagers, Bureaucrats and Civil Society
CEESP News: by Carol J. Pierce Colfer *
Adaptive Collaborative Management of Forest Landscapes: Villagers, Bureaucrats and Civil Society is a edited collection by 20 international scholars and practitioners who have conducted Adaptive Collaborative Management (ACM) around the world,…
Story | 05 Nov, 2021
Gland/Nairobi, 5 November 2021. Analysing scientific literature, the new report by UNEP and IUCN finds that Nature-based…
Story | 02 Nov, 2021
The Restoration Initiative featured at IUCN World Conservation Congress
The Restoration Initiative (TRI) programme was featured at the IUCN World Conservation Congress, held in France, September 3-11, 2021. Speakers at the TRI event, which served to raise the visibility and awareness of TRI-supported work and restoration efforts more broadly, included Global…
Story | 01 Nov, 2021
Understanding the multiple benefits of area-based conservation
CEESP News: by Nigel Dudley and Sue Stolton, Equilibrium Research *
Under current proposals from the Convention on Biological Diversity, a target is likely to be set for 30% of the world’s land surface to be set aside into protected and conserved areas. Over 60 countries have pledged to…
Press release | 27 Oct, 2021
The first ever scientific assessment of the amounts of greenhouse gases emitted from and absorbed by forests in UNESCO World Heritage sites has found that at least 10 key sites have been net carbon sources over the past 20 years, meaning that they have given off more carbon than they sequestered…
Story | 26 Oct, 2021
The Restoration Initiative Year in Review showcases progress despite pandemic
The Restoration Initiative (TRI) 2020 Year in Review is now available from IUCN, FAO and UNEP. This flagship publication provides an overview of progress and stories from the second year of TRI – a pathbreaking Global Environment Facility (GEF) programme…
Story | 25 Oct, 2021
Regenerative agriculture works: New research and African businesses show how
A new report reveals strong evidence that regenerative agriculture works, showing surprising returns. Regenerative agriculture secures supply, strengthens livelihoods and sequesters carbon, delivering on the promise of Nature-based Solutions.