External event
Second session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on plastic pollution (INC-2)
The second session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-2), will take place in Paris, France from 29 May to 2 June.
Story | 31 Jan, 2023
Judging complex societal change processes is made easier with new guidelines to assess contributions. An important contribution claim begins with the question, “How and why has the intervention made a difference, or not?”
Grey literature | 2022
Contribution Assessment Methodological Guidelines
Methods to evaluate policy processes and outcomes are especially underdeveloped, yet are needed to optimise the influence of research on policy for addressing complex issues. This report from IUCN delineates a set of easy to understand steps to conduct a Contribution Analysis.
Grey literature | 2023
Forest landscape restoration interventions : Mano River Union
The present document emphasizes the forest landscape restoration approach and provides guidance on its potential to contribute to integrated water and forest resources management that provides tangible benefits for people, nature and climate in the Mano River Union.
Annual reports | 2018
Assessing IUCN’s Contribution To Uganda's Forest Landscape Restoration Processes
Uganda's forest landscapes are precious in so many ways, but the country continues to lose its important forest assets at an unprecedented rate. In recent years, forest landscape restoration has been in place to help reverse that trend. So how is it going?
Blog | 16 Jan, 2023
IUCN Rwanda hosted the 15th National Forest Landscape Restoration Cross-Sectoral Task Force Meeting
The Government of Rwanda continues its efforts to protect forests, enhance biodiversity, and transform the livelihoods of Rwandans.
Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) is a process for designing and implementing landscape-level interventions to restore ecological functionality…
Information brief | 2023
IUCN WCEL Briefing 6 of 6 for Plastics Treaty INC-2 Circular Economy and Plastic Life-Cycle Issues
The Plastic Pollution Treaty’s scope, as articulated by United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) resolution 5/14, includes the circular economy and elements of the plastic life-cycle as vital elements for addressing plastic pollution and production.
Information brief | 2023
IUCN WCEL Briefing 5 of 6 for Plastics Treaty INC-2 Treaty Regime Interactions version 2
A core theme in United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) resolution 5/14 and subsequent discussions at INC-1 was the impact of treaty regime interactions upon the Plastic Pollution Treaty.
Information brief | 2023
IUCN WCEL Briefing 4 of 6 for Plastics Treaty INC-2 Just Transition and the Plastic Pollution Treaty
The Plastic Pollution Treaty’s scope, as articulated by United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) resolution 5/14, includes the circular economy and elements of the plastic life-cycle as vital elements for addressing plastic pollution and production. The fundamental connections between the…
Information brief | 2023
IUCN WCEL Briefing 3 of 6 for Plastics Treaty INC-2 Structure of Plastic Pollution Treaty version 2
Given the ever-evolving nature of science and the complex, varied nature of plastic pollution, it is clear that the instrument to be adopted will need to be sufficiently flexible to allow for further adjustments and additions to the obligations. The different structural approaches found in…