Story | 21 Sep, 2020
More than 560 companies back global 'Call to Action' for nature
More than 560 companies with combined revenues of US$ 4 trillion today urged governments to adopt policies now to reverse nature loss in this decade.
Story | 17 Sep, 2020
Reflections on the State of the Union 2020 address
Story | 04 Sep, 2020
Three landscape conservation projects converge in the Kilombero Valley
Kilombero Valley in Tanzania is an area of high biodiversity – including a Ramsar listed wetland – that is under ever-increasing human pressure. It is also part of the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT), a public-private partnership initiated through…
Grey literature | 2020
Contributing to scaling up forest landscape restoration in Ethiopia
This report intends to identify the opportunities and barriers of introducing and scaling up of FLR into selected pilot landscapes of Ethiopia: the districts (or woredas used as a synonym throughout this document) of Sodo and Meket, located in SNNP and Amhara regions respectively. This work is…
Story | 31 Aug, 2020
COVID-19 and Adaptive leadership
Practices conservation leaders can employ to cushion their organizations during crises. Blog from a webinar titled COVID-19 and Adaptive leadership, which was held on August 11, 2020
Story | 27 Aug, 2020
Clear roadmaps for land restoration in 25 countries
NOW AVAILABLE: A new series of briefs revealing the real potential for forest landscape restoration as the first purpose-built nature-based solution! These reports provide an easy-reference roadmap for restoration action in 25 countries.
Story | 26 Aug, 2020
At an online ceremony hosted by the International Union for the Conservation for Nature (IUCN) and World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), the prestigious Kenton R. Miller Award for Innovation in National Parks and Protected Area Sustainability was…
Story | 18 Aug, 2020
Amazonia 2.0 against COVID-19: a local struggle
Amazonia 2.0 is a project financed by the European Union and coordinated by IUCN South American Regional Office, implemented in 6 countries of the Amazon basin. Its objective is the reduction of pressures and threats on the forests, through the…
Story | 17 Aug, 2020
Announcing two webinars on "Palm oil and other vegetable oils: impacts and prospects"
Join a two-part conversation next month on “Palm oil and other vegetable oils: impacts and prospects,” organised by the IUCN Oil Palm Task Force.
Story | 14 Aug, 2020
Extended Producer Responsibility: an approach to improving solid waste management in Viet Nam
On June 25 2020, IUCN in collaboration with Packaging Recycling Organization Viet Nam (PRO Vietnam) and the Department of Legal Affairs (DLA) of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) organized a workshop “Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Legal Framework – Shaping a…