Story | 22 Nov, 2021
The UNEP/IUCN National Guidance for Plastic Pollution Hotspotting and Shaping Action now includes a linear, step-by-step tutorial and six videos to support learning on the process to gather and analyse data to determine where, what, and how plastic is leaking into the…
Story | 18 Nov, 2021
National Workshop on MIS/Log-frame of the Ten Billion Tree Tsunami Programme concludes in Islamabad
A three- day National Workshop on Pakistan’s Ten Billion Tree Tsunami Programme (TBTTP) was concluded today in Islamabad. The workshop was jointly organized by Pakistan’s Ministry of Climate Change, KfW and the Third Party Monitoring Consortium. The Consortium comprised IUCN Pakistan, FAO…
Story | 17 Nov, 2021
The following tribute to the life of Veit Koester was prepared by WCEL Chair Emeritus, Professor Nicholas A. Robinson on 15 November 2021.
Story | 16 Nov, 2021
Throughout 2021, Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) collaborated with local and national government agencies and community members surrounding Boeung Prek Lapouv Protected Landscape to restore flooded forests and seasonally inundated…
Story | 16 Nov, 2021
3 rivers, 2 countries, 1 vision
The Buzi, Pungwe and Save rivers (BuPuSa) flow through Zimbabwe and Mozambique, representing opportunities for sharing benefits, but also possible risks and water insecurity in the case of a lack of cooperation. A common vision is crucial to address present and future…
Story | 14 Nov, 2021
From Wednesday to Thursday (17-18 November), over 70 environmental experts from universities, researchers and public administrations of the Euro-Mediterranean region will share and discuss the results and learnings from different projects working to adapt natural areas to climate change and…
Story | 14 Nov, 2021
Former Chair of WCEL Ethics Specialist Group awarded 2021 Carlowitz Sustainability Prize
WCEL would like to congratulate Dr. Klaus Bosselmann, former Chair of the WCEL Specialist Group on Ethics, for receiving the 2021 Carlowitz Sustainability Prize (international category).
Press release | 12 Nov, 2021
IUCN welcomes recognition of nature’s role at COP26 and calls for more ambition
IUCN welcomes the progress made in Glasgow, including with respect to nature. However, it stresses that this headway will not be sufficient to “keep 1.5°C alive”, and calls for significant and meaningful step change at COP27. We are running out of time and options.
Story | 11 Nov, 2021
Jointly with the Australian Government's Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, IUCN is setting up the Blue Carbon Accelerator Fund (BCAF)
Story | 11 Nov, 2021
IUCN spurs restoration action and monitoring by launching a typology of restoration interventions for ALL terrestrial ecosystem types including coasts and inland waters. The IUCN Restoration Intervention Typology for Terrestrial Ecosystems (RITTE…