Story | 12 Jul, 2019
Koh Yao Yai community learns solid waste management approaches from marine national parks
To learn more about solid waste management and marine litter, 30 representatives from the Koh Yao Yai Subdistrict community visited Haad Nopparat Tara-Moo Koh Phi Phi National Park and Tarnbokorani National Park on 10 April 2019. To learn more…
Story | 12 Jul, 2019
Encouraging Community-Based Solid Waste Management in Thailand
In collaboration with the Coca-Cola Foundation in Thailand, Haadthip Co., Ltd., Koh Yao Yai Sub-District Municipality and locals, IUCN supported the launch of a district-wide community cleanup activity or “Kor Kuad’’ at Koh Yao Yai from 11 to 12 June 2019. The…
Story | 11 Jul, 2019
CEESP News - by Dr. Hishmi Jamil Husain, CEESP Commission Member, Head of Biodiversity at Tata Steel, which is Member of the IUCN "Leaders for Nature" India.
Dr. Hishmi Jamil Husain commemorated the International Day for Biological Diversity with an awareness session on biodiversity. …
Story | 11 Jul, 2019
Family Planning: critically important for women, girls, the environment & sustainability
CEESP News: by David Johnson, Chief Executive, Maragaret Pyke Trust - Population & Sustainability Network
On World Population Day, 2019, CEESP is proud to be one of the first organisations joining a first of its kind campaign: Thriving Together. The supporters of Thriving Together…
Story | 11 Jul, 2019
Business, government and civil society join forces for large-scale coastal cleanup in Thailand
2100 volunteers gathered in Bangpu, Samut Prakan, on Saturday July 6 and cleared more 2.8 tons of trash – equivalent to the weight of more than 280,000 plastic bottles – in just under three hours.
Story | 10 Jul, 2019
Empowering local communities to raise awareness about climate change through citizen journalism
IUCN and Thai Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) recently joined hands to organise a citizen journalism ‘Training of Trainers’ workshop for media representatives from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand, and Viet Nam.
Story | 09 Jul, 2019
Ministry of Climate Change and IUCN Pakistan in collaboration organized a two days National workshop on July 8 - 9, 2019 at Islamabad. The workshop objective is to draw out commonalities of the best practices for each category of forests. The workshop outcome is expected to develop a set…
Story | 08 Jul, 2019
جمعية البيئة الاردنيه تحتفل بيوم البيئه العالمي
مدير المكتب الاقليمي للاتحاد الدولي لحماية الطبيعه الدكتور هاني الشاعر يرعى احتفال جمعية البيئه بيوم البيئه العالمي
Story | 07 Jul, 2019
IUCN Bangladesh takes a #StepWithRefugees: celebrates World Refugee Day at Cox’s Bazar
IUCN Bangladesh along with the UNHCR, has celebrated World Refugee Day 2019 with the displaced Rohingya sheltered in Cox’s Bazar district. Arising a sense of environmental awareness among the refugees was attempted through sports and…
Story | 03 Jul, 2019
Preservation of Biodiversity in Madagascar National Parks: Feasibility studies launched
How does investing in biodiversity conservation lead to climate change resilience? IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature has partnered with Madagascar National Parks (MNP) to conduct a set of feasibility studies that will provide answers to this question.