Story | 23 Oct, 2020
IUCN-Coca Cola “Monkey Cheeks” project received the silver award for Best Environmental Excellence
In Sept 2020, the 12th Global CSR Awards and The Good Governance Awards released the results of the winners online due to the Covid 19 pandemic. With 300 entries from 120 companies all over the world, a final selection of 48 companies were recognized with awards.
Story | 22 Oct, 2020
An intense day for biodiversity: IUCN busy with the EU Green Week, and MEPs discussing on the CAP
Tuesday 21 October was a remarkably busy day for the IUCN European Regional Office, in the context of the EU Green Week 2020. EU Biodiversity Targets for Protected Areas and Nature Restoration at the top of the Agenda
Story | 20 Oct, 2020
Business consultation on coffee transformation and water use in Vietnam’s Central Highlands
On September 10, 2020, IUCN organised a business consultation in Ho Chi Minh City on opportunities to transform coffee production in the Central Highlands to a more diverse and climate resilient crop mix.
Story | 13 Oct, 2020
In this PANORAMA webinar, lessons learned on enhancing business engagement at landscape level were shared from the Shared Resources, Joint Solutions programme (SRJS), followed by highlights of a recent IUCN surevy on the conservation community on…
Story | 09 Oct, 2020
SINCERE Talks series kicks off with a focus on forests and water
Forests and water are intricately linked. But the relationships between them are complex and are changing with the changing climate. The first SINCERE Talks webinar, held on 25 September 2020, gave participants a fascinating insight into the topic. Renowned experts Meine van Noordwijk (ICRAF)…
Press release | 07 Oct, 2020
Nations fall short on biodiversity despite protected area growth – IUCN co-authored study
Gland, Switzerland, 7 October 2020 (IUCN) – National governments have fallen short on delivering conservation commitments for protected and conserved areas under the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), despite the expansion in protected areas over the last decade,…
Story | 05 Oct, 2020
Request for proposals - Audit services for the ADAPT project
Proposal for the annual audit services, including Agreed-Upon Procedures engagement ISRS 4400, of the project “ADAPT: Nature-based Solutions for Resilient Societies in the Western Balkans”
Story | 01 Oct, 2020
Nature-based Solutions – an answer to the climate change challenges in the Western Balkans
The Western Balkan societies are among the most vulnerable with respect to climate change impacts affecting numerous sectors and domains, as recent findings indicate. Natural and human-made disasters, such as floods, droughts, landslides and environmental degradation, have increased risks, with…
Story | 01 Oct, 2020
Ethiopian landscape restoration in 3 steps: Motivate, enable and implement
Abridged lessons from a recent restoration diagnostic in two woredas in Ethiopia.
Story | 30 Sep, 2020
New guidance helps business value their relationships with biodiversity
New guidance released this week by the Capitals Coalition and Cambridge Conservation Initiative will enable business and financial institutions to put the value of biodiversity at the heart of their decision making.