Story | 21 May, 2017
Banning vs. legalise and regulate in forest management
Two years ago, on a field survey in Bac Kan Province in Viet Nam, we heard about a farmer who needed 30 stamps to get a permit to harvest a single Styrax tonkinensis tree that was growing on his land. Even though the tree was on land that was designated as plantation forest and the farmer had a…
Story | 19 May, 2017
Contribution of Forest Landscape Restoration to Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)
At the Bonn Climate Change Conference, IUCN and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) co-hosted a side event on the contribution of forest landscape restoration (FLR) to the achievement of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).
Story | 16 May, 2017
How to define EbA: a practical framework
Together with co-authors GIZ and IIED, IUCN launched during UNFCCC SBSTA 46 an innovative technical paper, Making Ecosystem-based Adaptation Effective: A Framework for Defining Qualification Criteria and Quality Standards
Story | 16 May, 2017
Conserving wetlands in Myanmar: Gulf of Mottama is Myanmar’s fourth Ramsar site
Myanmar is home to an extraordinary diversity of wetlands, which include mountainous wetlands; large freshwater marshes and lakes; and coastal mangroves, mudflats and coral reefs. These ecosystems support fisheries, provide clean water, store carbon and protect local people from the impacts of…
Press release | 16 May, 2017
Kigali, Rwanda – Business participation and investment in sustainable landscapes is critical for achieving inclusive green growth, according to a new report released here today at the Forest and Landscape Investment Forum.
Story | 15 May, 2017
Bringing together EbA champions to share knowledge and experiences
On Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) Knowledge Day at the Bonn Climate Change Conference, IUCN and partners gathered a distinguished panel to reflect on different EbA experiences and discuss its implementation.
Story | 15 May, 2017
Forum to “unleash” business opportunities for sustainable landscapes
The inaugural Forest and Landscape Investment Forum (FLIF) will be held in Kigali on 16 & 17 May. Participants from around the world will gather in Rwanda’s capital to discuss a broad spectrum of investments in forests and landscapes for sustainable environmental, social, economic and…
Story | 11 May, 2017
Indonesia hosts first Asia regional high-level event on restoration and the Bonn Challenge
The first Asia Bonn Challenge High-Level Roundtable Meeting was held on May 9-10, 2017 in Palembang, South Sumatra.
Led by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry of the Republic of Indonesia and the Government of South Sumatra, in cooperation with IUCN, the two-day meeting will be…
Story | 10 May, 2017
Four countries have made restoration pledges to the Bonn Challenge – totaling 1.65 million hectares – at the first Asia Bonn Challenge High-level Roundtable in South Sumatra.
Story | 08 May, 2017
On March 31, IUCN organised a symposium at the Yezin Agricultural University together with the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Irrigation (MOALI) and the IUCN Task Force on Systemic Pesticides.