Story | 13 Jul, 2017
Chad announces 5 million hectare restoration commitment to the Bonn Challenge
13 July 2017 - Chad has pledged to restore 5 million hectares by 2030 as part of the Bonn Challenge at today’s Southern Africa (SADC+) Bonn Challenge Ministerial Roundtable, organised by the Malawi Department of Forestry and IUCN. Chad’s pledge brings the total hectares pledged to the Bonn…
Publication | 2017
Resource dependence and social resilience in North Ari Atoll, Maldives
This report aimed at understanding resource use and dependence, perception of marine conservation policies, and adaptive capacities of communities of North Ari atoll, Maldives. It provides information on the social resilience of 8 local community islands in North Ari atoll, and identifies…
Blog | 13 Jul, 2017
SUSTAIN: Sizing up Africa’s major development corridors
Driven by investment, business, technology and the dynamism of its people, Africa is changing at a rate perhaps unmatched in recorded history. Of the 20 fastest growing economies in the world, nine are in Africa. The continent’s population will double to 2 billion by 2050, while population…
Story | 13 Jul, 2017
Progress of the IUCN Green List of Protected Areas in the Mediterranean region
The Mediterranean Commission on Sustainable Development (MCSD) held its 17th meeting in Athens (Greece) from 4-6th July 2017. In this forum, the IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation (IUCN-Med) was invited to report to the 22 state representatives the progress made towards the implementation…
Story | 12 Jul, 2017
Malawi launches national restoration report
The government of Malawi launched its National Forest Landscape Restoration Assessment (NFLRA) report and strategy at the Southern Africa (SADC+) Bonn Challenge Ministerial Dialogue. The Dialogue brings together 10 countries engaging with the Bonn Challenge, a global forest landscape restoration…
Story | 12 Jul, 2017
Transboundary benefit-sharing: discussing the opportunities for the Sio-Malaba-Malakisi basin
The Sio-Malaba-Malakisi (SMM) basin, shared between Kenya and Uganda, faces constraints from reduced water quality and quantity in large parts of the river catchments. Despite the potential for development and investment, the basin remains underdeveloped, limiting economic growth.
Story | 07 Jul, 2017
Global Pact for the Environment Introduced to the World
High-level politicians, international jurists, and scholars convened in Paris on 23-24 June to finalize and launch the preliminary draft of the “Global Pact for the Environment” as a unifying covenant for fundamental environmental rights.
Story | 06 Jul, 2017
Identification of Important Plant Areas in Cabo Verde islands
The IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation, the IUCN/SSC Mediterranean Plant Specialist Group, the INIDA (Instituto Nacional de Investigação e Desenvolvimento Agrario) and nearly 40 national experts participated in two workshops that took place in October 2016 and May 2017 where the IUCN…
Story | 29 Jun, 2017
Mapping Global Mangrove Restoration Potential
The importance of mangrove forests – for food, carbon storage and sequestration, coastal protection, and even tourism and water purification – is widely acknowledged. So much so that there is an increasing drive not only to halt further losses, but to increase mangroves through restoration. Dr.…