Story | 02 Apr, 2019
Biodiversity in Cambodia: protecting water birds, creating strong riverine communities
The Sesan, Sekong and Sre Pok (3S) rivers of Cambodia, Lao PDR and Viet Nam together form the largest and most important transboundary watersheds and tributaries to the Mekong River. Aside from providing food and livelihoods to over three million people living…
Story | 01 Apr, 2019
This is the fourth in a series of interviews with Natura 2000 experts as part of the LIFE Green List for N2K project. In this interview, Thierry Lefebvre, the programme officer on protected areas of the IUCN French Committee, shares his optimism and hope towards the benefits of the pilot project…
Story | 26 Mar, 2019
Acknowledging concerns around the legal and institutional frameworks governing mangroves, the Save Our Mangroves Now!
Story | 25 Mar, 2019
When Artificial Intelligence spots the Monk Seal
Improving monitoring systems - Within the world’s marine mammals, the Mediterranean monk seal stands out as one of the most threatened species. Currently, its status is particularly endangered in the Mediterranean region, where it has rarely been observed. As a result, in early 2018 we saw the…
Story | 22 Mar, 2019
Call for Wetland Decade under the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030)
Open Letter by the International Organization Partners of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands: The environmental health of our wetlands across the world is deteriorating. The authoritative Global Wetland Outlook released by the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands in 2018 highlighted an alarming trend in…
Story | 22 Mar, 2019
From 19 to 21 March, the BRIDGE GBM Civil Society Organisation (CSO) Network, through the BRIDGE Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) programme facilitated by IUCN, organised a workshop in Sreemangal, Bangladesh, on the week of World Water Day. The workshop aimed to enhance CSO understanding of…
Story | 22 Mar, 2019
Last November 2018, IUCN, through its Mekong WET project, and the Department of Freshwater and Wetlands Conservation (DFWC) of the Ministry of Environment (MoE) in Cambodia, organised a three-day Ramsar Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool (R-METT) Training…
Story | 20 Mar, 2019
IUCN Pakistan and the Ministry of Climate Change co-organized a validation workshop to finalize the 6th National Report (6NR) to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) at a local hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan.
Story | 19 Mar, 2019
Revival of Traditional Watermills in Indian Himalaya
Access to low cost clean energy is vital to the development of Himalayan villages and the management of mountain landscape. Under the Government of India’s National Mission on Himalayan Studies (NMHS), IUCN is implementing the ‘Coping with Uncertainties: Building Community Resilience and…
Story | 15 Mar, 2019
A participatory market systems approach to sustainable livelihoods development
CEESP News - by Helen Schneider
Flora and Fauna International is pleased to announce publication of a set of learning documents and practical tools for taking a participatory market systems approach to sustainable livelihoods development in a conservation context.