Story | 07 Sep, 2016
Diversidad Socio Ambiental de los territorios indígenas en los bosques amazónicos
En un encuentro en el Congreso Mundial de la Naturaleza Hawai’i 2016 se conoció sobre los mecanismos que permiten cuidar la diversidad socio ambiental de los territorios indígenas en los bosques amazónicos.
Story | 07 Sep, 2016
Una experiencia exitosa para restaurar bosques con participación conjunta
El proyecto, que actualmente ha logrado la atención de de 60,000 hectáreas de bosques en México, comprende una iniciativa tripartita entre gobierno, ONG y sector privado.
Story | 04 Sep, 2016
La Adaptación basada en Ecosistemas puede ser flexible y algunas veces puede ser complementaria a la infraestructura gris y junto con la Reducción de Desastres Ecosistémicos pueden ayudar a los países y economías en desarrollo.
Story | 26 Aug, 2016
Mexico, Central America, and The Caribbean: a journey towards sustainability
It’s not just the final destination that makes a journey worthwhile, but everything we learn along the way.
Story | 10 Aug, 2016
The Sixaola Binational Commission Promotes Participatory Planning in the Territory
Harboring six protected areas and six indigenous territories, the Sixaola river basin is characterized by biological and cultural diversity. However, social and environmental problems in this area require coordinated, binational attention due to the connectivity existing between Talamanca,…
Story | 14 Jul, 2016
Project AVE (Adaptation, Vulnerability and Ecosystems) in Tegucigalpa, Honduras
The IUCN has been facilitating various activities to improve governance in the Goascorán Basin, as well as adaptation measures to address the effects of drought in Central America’s Dry Corridor
Story | 10 Jun, 2016
Wildlife trade and dams putting natural World Heritage at risk – IUCN
Natural World Heritage sites face major threats, such as commercial logging, poaching, gillnet fishing and dams, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). In its recommendations to the World Heritage Committee, which meets in July, IUCN has advised that three…
Story | 22 Mar, 2016
World Water Day - Blog: 'Why investing in natural water infrastructure will pay off'
By Renat Heuberger, CEO of the South Pole Group, and Mark Smith, Director of the IUCN Global Water Programme. Why did a group of bankers and fund managers spend an afternoon in a Zurich café talking about nature? For opportunity and innovation
Story | 01 Feb, 2016
World Wetlands Day: Wetlands & Sustainable Livelihoods
Each year, 2 February marks World Wetlands Day, to celebrate our planet’s wetlands but also to draw attention to the challenges that their degradation brings.
Story | 20 Jan, 2016
Could conservation become a new investment asset class?
A new IUCN-backed report released yesterday identifies three new investment structures that could help catalyse finance to meet the world’s pressing environmental challenges and sustainable growth goals.