Story | 30 Sep, 2019
Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil, 30 September 2019 (IUCN) — After nearly four years, the environmental and social impacts caused by the Fundão Dam failure, where 39 million m³ of mineral waste spilled into the Rio Doce Basin, are still not fully understood, according…
Story | 30 Sep, 2019
BRIDGE: Hydrodiplomacy in Action
Globally, over 310 lake and river basins stretch across national borders. Around 60% of those lack any type of cooperative management framework. Good transboundary water management is crucial for peace, security, economic development and environmental…
Story | 25 Sep, 2019
27,000+ students and now six massive open online courses (MOOCs) at IUCN-PAPACO
The New Technologies course will be available for the first time from October, joining the existing courses of Protected Area management, Ecological monitoring, Law enforcement, Species conservation, and Valorisation of natural resources and sustainable tourism.
Story | 25 Sep, 2019
IUCN response to the IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate
The scientific evidence that the world’s ocean is changing dramatically due to climate change has been underpinned with a report released today by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (SROCC) provides a deep…
Story | 25 Sep, 2019
Region targets 30 million hectares for restoration
A new call to bring 30 million hectares of degraded and deforested landscapes into restoration in Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia by 2030 in support of the Bonn Challenge announced at Climate Action Summit.
Story | 24 Sep, 2019
Campinas, September, 24th, 2019 (IUCN) — Aiming to discuss the effects of human actions over the years and their connection with the current ecological crisis, the XIII Meeting of the Brazilian Society of Ecological Economics brings together researchers and institutions with transdisciplinary…
Story | 24 Sep, 2019
Championing conservation outcomes, the Green List expands in West Asia
With a new site committing to the Green List during the event, an inception meeting for a new project in the region, and a half-day workshop on the Green List with the Kuwait Environment Protection Agency, the Green List was a much talked about subject during the…
Story | 23 Sep, 2019
Youssouph Diedhiou, quiet achiever, making a protected area a vital community neighbour
He wanted to help make the communities skirting Niokolo Koba National Park in Senegal become a part in the mechanism of protection by bringing the protected area management services to the lives of those communities' members. Here's what Youssouph did and how it worked.
Story | 23 Sep, 2019
Securing forest and farm enterprises through risk management and business incubation
To build the capacities of smallholder forest and farm producers on managing risks and improving their businesses, the Forest and Farm Facility (FFF) programme organised a six-day regional training-of-trainers on risk…
Story | 23 Sep, 2019
Can producing cocoa help Colombia achieve its climate targets?
Colombia holds significant potential to combat climate change by establishing forestry and agroforestry systems on degraded land. Opportunities for restoration can also be found through improvements to pasture and cattle management as well as the conversion of degraded pastures to sustainable…