Press release | 26 Oct, 2010
Prize Goes to Forests in Madagascar and Brazil
The 2010 IUCN-Reuters-COMplus Media Award for Excellence in Environmental Reporting goes to Anjali Nayar and Juliane von Mittelstaedt for their articles on saving the forests in Madagascar and Brazil.
Story | 25 Oct, 2010
IUCN-Holcim Biodiversity Management System Launched in Nagoya
The Biodiversity Management System (BMS), launched today at the Nagoya Biodiversity Summit, represents a major milestone of the fruitful collaboration between Holcim and IUCN. The BMS provides a set of recommendations for the systematic integration of biodiversity into the building materials…
Story | 13 Oct, 2010
This paper reflects on the potential of applying the 'theory of change' as a useful tool in participatory monitoring and self-evaluation in livelihoods and landscapes strategies.
Press release | 27 Sep, 2010
Business backs efforts to halt biodiversity loss
Background: Finding ways for businesses to become more involved in helping to halt and reverse the current loss of biodiversity will be the main focus of the International Business and Ecosystems Dialogue, which will take place on Tuesday 26th October in Nagoya, Japan. The dialogue coincides…
Story | 26 Sep, 2010
This document is an updated version of the "Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation (PM&E) Guidelines for Learning and Adaptive Management in LLS Geographic Component and Landscapes" that LLS produced in September 2008. It reflects LLS experience in applying the PM&E methodology up to…
Press release | 16 Sep, 2010
Biodiversity where it belongs at top of UN agenda
UN’s first ever high level event on biodiversity: September 22, New York, US
Story | 16 Sep, 2010
Customs and Constitutions – Draft closed for comment
The deadline for comments closed on 31 October 2010. The Draft is now being reviewed....
Press release | 01 Sep, 2010
Samoa seeks gender approach to strengthen national energy projects
Several government ministries in Samoa are engaged in a week long gender mainstreaming training this week in the attempt to strengthen their project implementation, particularly renewable energy and energy efficiency projects, and community level interaction.
Story | 30 Aug, 2010
Guidelines for forest restoration in Ghana
To introduce the concept of FLR in Ghana, the Government of Ghana supported the establishment of a National Working Group on Forest Landscape in 2004 to develop a National Plan of Action on FLR and encourage innovative restoration efforts. In addition, a National workshop on ITTO guidelines for…