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In Antigua and Barbuda, the international community will gather at the Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States to review Small Island Developing States’ (SIDS) sustainable development progress and propose a new decade of partnerships and solutions to supercharge their…
Story | 03 Nov, 2021
A new IUCN report, Acting on Ocean Risk, reveals that densely populated coastal areas are exposed to increasing threats such as sea-level rise and extreme weather events. Focusing on the situation in Kenya, Mozambique and Tanzania, the report…
Story | 27 Oct, 2021
Gland, Switzerland, 22 October, IUCN – This new report is an important step to close the plastic pollution knowledge gaps in three regions: Eastern and Southern Africa, the Mediterranean, and Southeast Asia – showcasing inter- and intra-regional similarities and…
Story | 17 Oct, 2021
Translating data to decisions - the Caribbean Protected Areas Gateway (CPAG)
Translating data to decisions - the Caribbean Protected Areas Gateway (CPAG) and the State of Protected and Conserved Areas in the Wider Caribbean was an event held as part of the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Marseille, France, at the Vital…
Story | 04 Oct, 2021
The BIOPAMA partnership delivered 35 events during the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Marseille, highlighting the programme’s key products and their contribution to implementing the global agenda on conservation and development.
Story | 16 Aug, 2021
IUCN is publishing a worldwide collection of case studies that provide concrete illustrations of how aquaculture can be part of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), sharing conservation objectives with the community while outlining critical issues that should be explored on a case-by-case basis. Today…
Story | 20 Jul, 2021
Story | 19 Jul, 2021
The meetings focused on the presentation of results and recommendations proposed under the consultancies for the national quantification of plastic waste and policy analysis, as well as the presentation of information under the current consultancies for alternati
Story | 19 Jul, 2021
Plastic Waste Free Islands (PWFI) completes policy analysis in the Caribbean region
The Plastic Waste Free Islands (PWFI) project conducted a policy analysis in Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada and Saint Lucia as part of the supporting actions to improve the management of plastic waste in the countries.
Story | 29 Jun, 2021
The Selva Maya Natural Resources Protection Project in Belize now has a guide to facilitate gender mainstreaming in all phases.