News | 26 Jul, 2024
Tanga-Pemba Multi-Stakeholders Forum Members Celebrate 2024’s Mangroves Day in Tanga.
In Tanga, The Tanga-Pemba Multi-Stakeholders Forum Members unite for the International Day for Conservation of Mangroves Ecosystem in an event officiated by the Tanga Regional Commissioner.
News | 23 Jul, 2024
The updated Amphibian Conservation Action Plan, a collaborative document authored by more than 100 global experts, is published, collating the most up-to-date evidence base to inform amphibian conservation action.
Story | 22 Jul, 2024
Lotus fiber: a new women-led flood friendly value chain in the Mekong Delta
In February-March 2024, IUCN organised a training program for 60 women in three upper Mekong Delta provinces of An Giang, Dong Thap, and Long An to produce high value silk yarn from lotus stems. This is part of a 3-year project to develop sustainable value chains for lotus silk products to…
News | 22 Jul, 2024
Kick-off meeting on mangrove restoration and hybrid NbS in the Mekong Delta
On 5 July 2024, IUCN organised a meeting in Bac Lieu Province to launch the project "Increasing coastal resilience in the Mekong Delta through mangrove restoration and hybrid NbS" with funding from The Coca-Cola Foundation (TCCF). The project will apply a hybrid NbS that reconciles coastal…
News | 18 Jul, 2024
Alpenzoo Innsbruck and IUCN SSC launches new Centre for Species Survival to aid endangered wildlife
Alpenzoo (Austria) is the 19th conservation organisation to establish a Centre for Species Survival in collaboration with the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), the world’s largest volunteer conservation-science network.
Publication | 2024
Guidelines for the application of IUCN Red List of Ecosystems Categories and Criteria : version 2.0
The IUCN Red List of Ecosystems is the global standard for ecosystem risk assessment and a framework for monitoring the status of the world’s ecosystems. It is part of the growing toolbox for assessing risks to biodiversity and aims to support conservation, resource use and management…
News | 11 Jul, 2024
Mediterranean sites in France and Spain successfully renew their IUCN Green List status
Côte Bleue Marine Park and Cerbère-Banyuls Natural Marine Reserve in France, along with Sierra Nevada National and Natural Park in Spain, are the sites in the Mediterranean region that have recently renewed their IUCN Green List status. In doing so, they maintain their place among the 76…
Project | 25 Sep, 2016 - 24 Mar, 2023
Promoting Ecosystem based Adaptation through Friends of Ecosystem based Adaptation (FEBA)
FEBAis a global collaborative network of 100+ organizations with a shared interest in advancing awareness, understanding and uptake of nature-based solutions in adaptation and resilience efforts and planning processes around the world. FEBA convenes the global adaptation community around expert…
Project | 01 Jun, 2017 - 30 Nov, 2022