Story | 21 May, 2019
Exchange workshop on natural protected areas finance Mexico-Cuba
Exchanging experiences between Mexico and Cuba on national protected areas finance: scaling-up the implementation of the Incubator for Nature Conservation in Cuba: Mexico City, 26-28 February 2019
Story | 21 May, 2019
APAP welcomes new Country and Associate Members
APAP has welcomed three new Members and Associate Members since December 2018: the Protected Area Management Division of Lao PDR’s Department of Forestry; the Maldives’ Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); and the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (…
Story | 20 May, 2019
La Antigua will host the Regional Conservation Forum
The Forum will include a Knowledge Day which will be open to the general public, with experience exchange panels, expert talks, audiovisual presentations, and posters about conservation and sustainable development experiences.
Story | 20 May, 2019
Korea and China share visitor management experiences at World Protected Areas Leaders Forum
Effective visitor management practices in protected areas were highlighted at the 11th Meeting of the World Protected Areas Leaders Forum (WPALF) held in March 2019 in Victoria, Australia.
Story | 16 May, 2019
The Korea National Park Service (KNPS) and the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation of Thailand (DNP) recently enhanced their knowledge about marine national park management.
Story | 09 May, 2019
Enhancing progress towards Aichi Target 11
In April, the Secretariat to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (Bundesamt für Naturschutz, BfN) held a meeting of the Global Partnership on Aichi Target 11, in order to stimulate…
Story | 09 May, 2019
New record for IUCN's protected areas massive open online courses!
The 5 online courses run by the IUCN Programme on African Protected Areas (IUCN-Papaco) has recently broken new records. Since the first MOOC in 2015, nearly 27,000 participants have enrolled in the courses (available in English and in French) and over 1,000 students have received a certificate…
Story | 07 May, 2019
Towards Natura 2000 in Albania
The centrepiece of EU nature policies, Natura 2000 is the largest coordinated network of protected sites in the world. Despite being on a steady rise, the Albanian system of protected areas is facing numerous challenges, stemming from the country’s fast development in recent years. To help…
Story | 06 May, 2019
IUCN welcomes the Intergovernmental Platform’s Assessment of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
IUCN welcomes the Global Assessment of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services report, which reveals the severity of the loss of living nature and its grave consequences for humans. The report was published today by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services…
Story | 06 May, 2019
Data webinar by BIOPAMA, 7 May 2019
The BIOPAMA data webinar series continues with a third webinar, focused on the practical collection and analysis of data to generate information products for specific policy needs, targeting specifically the context of the Eastern and Southern Africa region.