Story | 14 Feb, 2017
Strengthening Environmental Education in the Sixaola River Basin
As part of the efforts to improve teaching of environmental education in schools in the Sixaola River basin area, and identifying needs by the Champions of Sixaola; the BRIDGE project organized a workshop named “Training for Trainers on Environmental Education”
Story | 14 Feb, 2017
The Assembly was celebrated on October 6th and 7th 2016 at the Panama University, located in Changuinola, Panama
Story | 13 Feb, 2017
The online course on Water Governance and Climate Change with Basin Approach was developed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) between October 5th and December 19th 2016; through a Moodle platform managed by the Central American Institute of Public Administration (ICAP…
Story | 26 Jan, 2017
Grassroots water governance: a contribution for hydrodiplomacy and peace
IUCN presented its experience on water governance at the International Symposium on Water Diplomacy, organized by the International Centre for Water Cooperation (ICWC), a UNESCO Category II Centre located in the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI).
Story | 26 Jan, 2017
World Wetlands Day: Strengthening resilience and collaboration to reduce disaster risk
On February 2nd the world celebrates its wetlands – complex ecosystems that provide a wide variety of services and benefits for people and nature. Wetlands such as estuaries, mangroves, marshes, and swamps play, beyond their biological role, a key part in helping people cope with disasters. Yet…
Story | 10 Jan, 2017
The Goascorán river basin, located between Honduras and El Salvador, is characterized by the interests of local actors in coordinating binational actions for the sustainable development of the basin.
Story | 05 Dec, 2016
Guatemala Holds 2nd National Congress on Climate Change
The National Congress on Climate Change, held in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, drew more than 700 people, including representatives of government, nongovernmental and civil society organizations, the private sector, and others.
Story | 05 Dec, 2016
Talamanca Celebrates Fourth Agrobiodiversity Fair on November 11 and 12
The activity is held to strengthen protection for the genetics of local seeds, along with traditional culture and values in the ways they are cultivated.
Story | 01 Dec, 2016
Forests on the agenda at Convention on Biological Diversity COP13
IUCN will take part in the Thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP13) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Cancun, Mexico from 4 - 17 December 2016. Forests are high on the agenda, as one of the four main focus areas from the CBD.
Story | 20 Oct, 2016
National Meeting of Honduras with Active Participation of Basin Councils
The 2nd National Meeting of Basin Councils was held June 6-10, 2016, in the municipality of Santa Cruz de Yojoa, Honduras