Story | 26 Jan, 2017
World Wetlands Day: Strengthening resilience and collaboration to reduce disaster risk
On February 2nd the world celebrates its wetlands – complex ecosystems that provide a wide variety of services and benefits for people and nature. Wetlands such as estuaries, mangroves, marshes, and swamps play, beyond their biological role, a key part in helping people cope with disasters. Yet…
Story | 18 Jan, 2017
IUCN’s Global Forest and Climate Change Programme (GFCCP) has launched a call for abstracts on “Achieving deforestation-free commitments through forest landscape restoration.” The deadline is February 5, 2017.
Story | 12 Dec, 2016
Outcomes of the 2016 Latin America meeting on the Bonn Challenge
On August 26, 2016, the second meeting of the Bonn Challenge Latin America 2016 was held in Panama City. This report summarises the proceedings of the session and provides updates on the work countries are undertaking towards the Bonn Challenge.
Story | 04 Dec, 2016
STATEMENT: Brazil Announces Goal of Restoring 22 Million Hectares of Degraded Land by 2030
CANCÚN (December 3, 2016) –Today, Brazil’s Ministries of Agriculture and the Environment announced their intent to restore and promote sustainable agriculture…
Story | 30 Nov, 2016
Combined effort amplifies restoration in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest
In a new article published in World Development Perspectives, “Governance innovations from a multi-stakeholder coalition to implement large-scale Forest Restoration in Brazil,” the authors explore how bringing together the efforts of 270 groups made a stronger impact on forest landscape…
Story | 17 Nov, 2016
The IUCN Green List and Climate Change
Protected and conserved areas have a critical role to play in mitigation of, and adaptation to, climate change, and in reducing the risk of disasters caused by natural hazards and severe climate events. The IUCN Green List Standard contributes to advancing equitable governance and effective…
Story | 29 Sep, 2016
Enabling rights-based REDD+ frameworks in tropical countries
Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) can improve lives, protect forests and biodiversity, and mitigate climate change. Forests serve as natural storage sinks for carbon, and deforestation is the second leading cause of carbon emissions contributing to climate…
Story | 20 Sep, 2016
Secured livelihoods are a critical dimension of the rights-based approach and pro-poor oriented frameworks for REDD+. In this first part of a two-part blog series, George Akwah Neba, IUCN’s REDD+ Programme Officer, shares his thoughts on these initiatives.
Press release | 04 Sep, 2016
Four out of six great apes one step away from extinction – IUCN Red List
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, 4 September 2016 (IUCN) – The Eastern Gorilla – the largest living primate – has been listed as Critically Endangered due to illegal hunting, according to the latest update of The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ released today at the IUCN World Conservation Congress…
Story | 08 Jul, 2016
Constructing common landscapes – reflections from Brazil’s Land Use Dialogue
Deciding how to manage a landscape is complex – the Land Use Dialogue (LUD) initiative is setting the groundwork for it to be more inclusive and responsive to local needs.