Story | 25 Mar, 2022
The UN World Water Development Report 2022 “Groundwater: Making the invisible visible” was officially launched by the UNESCO Director-General at the opening ceremony of the 9th World Water Forum in Dakar, Senegal, on 21 March 2022.
Story | 22 Mar, 2022
New study on coffee transition for multiple benefits in the Central Highlands
Through its BRIDGE (Building River Dialogue and Governance) Program, IUCN is supporting transboundary river cooperation in the Srepok, Sesan and Sekong (3S) River Basins. Coffee is the dominant commercial land use and a major use of water…
Story | 24 Feb, 2022
Aquaculture and Nature-based Solutions: new report
A new report from the AquaCoCo project works to identify synergies between sustainable development of coastal communities, aquaculture, and marine and coastal conservation. It examines the emerging concept of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) and the IUCN Global Standard for NbS when applied to…
Publication | 2022
Aquaculture and Nature-based Solutions
Aquaculture production has very significantly increased in tonnage and value over the last decades. It is seen as a potential solution to replace the declining wild fishery stocks. This publication is a first attempt to examine aquaculture systems within the recent framework of the IUCN Global…
Story | 07 Feb, 2022
Request for Proposals (RfP) Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant
IUCN Regional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia invites qualified experts to submit Proposals for the individual consultancy of a Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant in the frame of the ADAPT project.
Story | 07 Feb, 2022
World Wetlands Day 2022 celebrated in Pakistan
IUCN Pakistan celebrated the World Wetlands Day 2022 at Sindh and Punjab provinces. The day was also observed by the Karot Biodiversity project at AJ&K.
Story | 07 Feb, 2022
World Wetlands Day 2022 - Message by, Mahmood Akhtar Cheema, Country Representative IUCN Pakistan
Today is the World Wetlands Day. The theme for this year is Wetlands: Action for People and Nature which highlights the importance of actions required to conserve the wetlands and to use them sustainably. This day is celebrated worldwide to raise global awareness about an important role of…
Story | 02 Feb, 2022
Safeguarding the wetlands in the Buna delta
To celebrate the 2022 World Wetlands Day, the Living Buna project partners release two videos portraying the efforts of the local community to safeguard the wetlands in the Buna River delta in Albania.
Blog | 02 Feb, 2022
Wetland action to benefit both people and nature
Blog — “Wetlands Action for People and Nature” – that is the theme for World Wetlands Day this year, focusing on how to invest our human resources into ensuring the world’s wetlands are protected from further loss and restored where they are currently degraded.
Story | 28 Jan, 2022
Growing floating rice in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta provides increased financial returns to farmers
A pilot study on 93 hectares around the Lang Sen Wetlands Nature Reserve found that there is a high potential to further scale-up flood-based agriculture to provide economic benefits to farmers, while simultaneously decreasing negative…