Story | 30 Nov, 2018
UN Biodiversity Conference Agrees New Conservation Designation
A new designation, ‘other effective area-based conservation measures’, has been agreed at the UN Biodiversity Conference in Egypt that will further advance progress towards the global biodiversity goals.
Story | 30 Nov, 2018
Navigating business indicators on biodiversity just got easier
Paris, France, 29 November 2018 (IUCN) – Businesses struggling to identify indicators to measure their environmental performance will benefit from a new report released today by IUCN and Oxford University during Natural Capital Week.
Story | 30 Nov, 2018
New report lays groundwork for benefit sharing in Meghna River Basin
IUCN’s Building River Dialogue and Governance (BRIDGE) Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) project has developed a profile and preliminary scoping study on Benefit sharing opportunities in the Meghna Basin for Bangladesh and India. The document is the first of its kind to address the lack of…
Story | 28 Nov, 2018
IUCN and WWF unite to enhance the implementation of legal tools protecting mangroves
Mangrove forests are an incredible ecosystem, existing at the intersection of land, freshwater and ocean. Beyond their unique beauty, they provide numerous essential ecosystem services. Acting as a carbon sink, they enhance carbon sequestration 3 to 5 times more than an inland tropical forest…
Story | 28 Nov, 2018
Welcoming UNDP to the PANORAMA family
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has joined as the latest partner to the PANORAMA – Solutions for a Healthy Planet Initiative, in the role of co-coordinator for PANORAMA’s “Protected Areas” (PA) thematic community.
Story | 28 Nov, 2018
Leonidas, a conservation hero committed to local sustainable development
Léonidas Nzigiyimpa, 56 years old, a forester with training on sustainable development, has been working for 20 years at the Burundian Office for Environmental Protection in the area of nature conservation and management of protected areas.
Press release | 27 Nov, 2018
Siam City Cement Group collaborates with IUCN to enhance biodiversity conservation in Asia
Bangkok, Thailand, 27 November 2018 - Siam City Cement Group (SCCC Group) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with IUCN - International Union for Conservation of Nature to implement robust…
Story | 25 Nov, 2018
PANORAMA initiative expands to showcase civil society engagement on business and biodiversity
Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, 23 November 2018 (IUCN) – A new PANORAMA theme exploring how civil society can engage with business aims to scale up new partnerships and action to mainstream biodiversity across different sectors -- a key objective of the UN Biodiversity…
Press release | 24 Nov, 2018
IUCN lists 15 new sites as world’s best protected areas
Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, 24 November 2018 (IUCN) – The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has admitted 15 new natural sites to the IUCN Green List of Protected and Conserved Areas – the first global standard recognising best practice in protected areas. Sites in Egypt, France,…
Story | 21 Nov, 2018
Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, 20 November 2018 — Businesses have an important role to play in protecting biodiversity, and multi-sectoral partnerships will be key to achieving this goal. This was the message voiced by IUCN and Toyota at the 2018 UN Convention on Biodiversity Conference of Parties (…