Story | 21 May, 2024
The recent IUCN Mesoamerican Regional Conservation Forum (Mexico City, April 16-19, 2024) served as an important platform for collective dialogue and collaboration to shape the future course of conservation efforts in the Mesoamerican region. Bringing together a diverse range of members and…
Story | 01 May, 2024
Empowering local communities for sustainable-use of natural resources through the Kiwa Initiative
In a bid to promote sustainable natural resource management, KGWan Eco-Habitat Inc. Kiwa Initiative project aimed at educating local communities has made progress in the Bismarck Forest Corridor in the highlands of Papua New Guinea. Despite facing challenges, the project has achieved significant…
Story | 26 Apr, 2024
Nature-based Solutions key to improving local livelihoods in the Barak-Meghna River Basin
Nature-based Solutions (NbS) promote coherency among various sectoral policies to secure climate resilient development. In the context of Assam, India, this is key to achieving the goals set out in the State Disaster Risk Reduction Roadmap 2030, Mr Mukta Ram Deka, Project Manager, Assam State…
News | 25 Apr, 2024
Washington DC, April 25, 2024 — Four new projects are addressing gender-based violence in the context of climate and conservation action through funding from the Resilient, Inclusive and Sustainable Environments (RISE) grants challenge across Central America, Eastern and Southern Africa and…
News | 04 Apr, 2024
National consultation on OECMs in Viet Nam
In December 2023, MONRE’s Nature Biodiversity Conservation Agency (NBCA), GIZ, IUCN, and WWF organized a national OECM workshop in Hanoi with participants from government agencies, researchers, non-state agencies, and development partners. This was a follow up workshop to a technical workshop in…
Story | 20 Mar, 2024
Ramsar representatives in the Indo-Burma region highlight emergent needs for wetland conservation
From 28-29 February, participants from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam convened in Siem Reap, Cambodia, for the 7th Annual Meeting of the Indo-Burma Ramsar Regional Initiative (IBRRI). The meeting provided an opportunity for partners, including representatives of government,…
News | 20 Mar, 2024
PANORAMA launches revamped web platform to amplify solutions for a Healthier Planet
The PANORAMA initiative proudly unveils its revamped web platform, designed to foster streamlined knowledge discovery, enhance inclusivity, and deepen peer connectivity. The relaunch supports the initiative’s mission to document and promote replicable solutions across diverse…
Speech | 08 Mar, 2024
Remarks by IUCN Oceania Regional Director for International Women's Day - 8 March 2024
Ni sa bula vinaka, talofa lava and good morning. Today, we celebrate across the ocean International Women’s Day, So happy Fijian women’s Day, Happy Samoan women’s day, happy Rotuman women’s day, happy Canadian women’s day, happy indigenous women’s day, happy international women’s day.
Crossroads blog | 07 Mar, 2024
Rising to the challenge: Addressing gender-based violence in climate efforts
This month, the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women is focused on financing towards gender equality and the empowerment of all women. And on International Women's Day, Dr Bama Athreya from the U.S. Agency for International…