Story | 05 Mar, 2019
Reporting on nature in the Caribbean and Central America
Caribbean and Central American countries gathered in Barbados to exchange best practices, share experiences and work around the Sixth National Report on Biodiversity
Story | 22 Feb, 2019
IUCN joins Fortune 500 companies to address plastic leaks in their supply chains
IUCN, together with the World Business Council on Sustainable Development (WBCSD), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Life Cycle Initiative, have joined the strategic committee of a newly launched Plastic Leak Project (PLP), which aims to help…
Story | 18 Jan, 2019
A year in images: BIOPAMA 2018
In 2018, the BIOPAMA programme engaged with a significant number of stakeholders to ensure that BIOPAMA’s activities support the needs of the countries and their actors, as well as assist them in achieving their conservation objectives and international commitments.
Story | 31 Oct, 2018
Mexico celebrates its first IUCN National Forum
The event brought together more than 350 participants, 50 panellists and 50 speakers to share experiences and impressions of diverse sectors – youth, indigenous peoples,…
Story | 24 Oct, 2018
Future Wetland Guardians of the Seychelles
Wetlands are extremely important. However, in the Seychelles, many people refer to wetlands as marshes, which is perceived as synonymous to dirty water.
Story | 09 Aug, 2018
Indigenous peoples: crucial link in the work of IUCN
Indigenous issues and rights constitute an integral part of the human rights standards that support the rights-based approach applied by IUCN.
Story | 29 Jun, 2018
It is expected to consolidate a tool for continuous improvement in the Selva Maya protected areas management, according to the same comparative scheme between Mexico, Guatemala and Belize governments, using internationally recognized standards, such as the Green List of the International Union…
Story | 20 Mar, 2018
March, 2018. During his first visit to the Headquarters of the Regional Office for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean (ORMACC) located in San Jose, Costa Rica, the President of IUCN, Dr. Zhang Xinsheng, stressed the…
Story | 07 Mar, 2018
15 Caribbean countries to benefit from partnership for people and biodiversity
6 March 2018. Kingston, Jamaica -- The University of the West Indies (UWI) and IUCN (International Union of Conservation of Nature) Regional Office for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, have renewed a five-year…
Story | 29 Nov, 2017
Mexico's largest Marine Protected Area: Revillagigedo, the Mexican Galápagos
On 24 November 2017, Mexico’s president, Enrique Peña Nieto, signed a decree creating Mexico's largest marine reserve to date, covering 150,000 square kilometres around the Revillagigedo Archipelago, a volcanic archipelago 240 miles southwest of the Baja Peninsula.