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.
Press release | 16 Dec, 2021
IUCN report identifies sites with World Heritage potential in Himalaya and beyond
Gland, Switzerland, 16 December 2021 (IUCN) – A new report lists seven broad areas in the Himalayas, the Hindu Kush and the Karakoram mountain ranges where new natural World Heritage sites could be found. It also identifies possible extensions of existing World Heritage sites,…
Story | 09 Dec, 2021
Rights-based approaches must be placed at the heart of conservation efforts
Efforts to address the dual crises of biodiversity loss and climate change must ensure that human rights are protected and that recognition and support for the leadership roles of Indigenous Peoples, local communities, women and youth reflect the importance of their contributions to the…
Story | 09 Dec, 2021
The Blue Carbon Policy Project is operational
Striving to make international policies coherent and aligned, to accelerate coastal ecosystem conservation.
Story | 09 Dec, 2021
In November 2021, IUCN’s Asia Regional Office MARPLASTICCs project hosted a workshop on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) with several partners from the EU/Expertise France, GIZ PREVENT Waste Alliance, Thailand Environment Institute, WWF Malaysia EPR project, and…
Press release | 08 Dec, 2021
Dragonflies threatened as wetlands around the world disappear - IUCN Red List
Gland, Switzerland, 9 December 2021 (IUCN) – The destruction of wetlands is driving the decline of dragonflies worldwide, according to the first global assessment of these species in today’s update of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Their decline is symptomatic of the…
Story | 06 Dec, 2021
Conflict and climate change pressures on natural World Heritage in the Arab region
A new report, Tabe’a III, examines for the first time the impacts from conflict in natural World Heritage sites in the Arab States, as well as those from extreme weather conditions. It also looks at the connections between nature and culture in the management of these sites.
Story | 25 Nov, 2021
Strengthening local capacity to monitor migratory waterbirds in northern Viet Nam
Written by Le Trong Trai and Yong Ding Li
Story | 22 Nov, 2021
The UNEP/IUCN National Guidance for Plastic Pollution Hotspotting and Shaping Action now includes a linear, step-by-step tutorial and six videos to support learning on the process to gather and analyse data to determine where, what, and how plastic is leaking into the…
Story | 16 Nov, 2021
Throughout 2021, Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) collaborated with local and national government agencies and community members surrounding Boeung Prek Lapouv Protected Landscape to restore flooded forests and seasonally inundated…