Story | 25 Mar, 2021
Blockchain for forest landscape restoration: FLRchain marries two brilliant concepts
Were those trees actually planted? IUCN has teamed up with Gaiachain to develop FLRchain – a blockchain-based application to follow forest landscape restoration implementation through a verifiable ledger system that traces transactions from funding…
Story | 21 Mar, 2021
An exciting time for forest landscapes
Just for today, let’s flip the grim narratives of deforestation and land degradation, and celebrate some of the progress the world is making on restoring forest landscapes through the Bonn Challenge.
Story | 16 Mar, 2021
Cost-Benefit Analysis of Forest Restoration Interventions in Sagaing Region, Myanmar
The Restoration Initiative (TRI) Myanmar Project has conducted a financial analysis of six restoration interventions in six townships of Sagaing Region, Myanmar that assesses the potential uptake of these interventions by small-scale farmers.
Press release | 11 Mar, 2021
COVID-19 fallout undermining nature conservation efforts - IUCN publication
Gland, Switzerland, 11 March 2021 (IUCN) – The pandemic has significantly impacted nature conservation around the globe, including job losses among protected area rangers, reduced anti-poaching patrols and environmental protection rollbacks, according to a collection of new…
Story | 08 Mar, 2021
Forest landscape restoration needs women
Women play a key role in natural resource use and management, particularly in agriculture and forested landscape systems and along value chains. On International Women’s Day, IUCN delves into why women should be at the forefront of the global…
Story | 01 Mar, 2021
First-ever global catalogue of ecosystems will enable coordinated conservation efforts
Gland, Switzerland, 01 March 2021 (IUCN) – The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) today published its Global Typology of Ecosystems, the first-…
Story | 01 Mar, 2021
New data reveals slow progress in achieving gender equality in environmental decision making
Around the world, women are leaders, stewards, educators, engineers, farmers and scientists who contribute invaluable experiences and knowledge to effectively safeguard our environment and realise sustainable development goals. So where are they in top decision-making positions? This…
Story | 19 Feb, 2021
Landscape architects combating ecosystem degradation
CEESP News by Tobiloba Akibo, Tunji Adejumo, Kharbal James Kaltho (CEESP-member) & Ibrahim Bala Girku *
The Society of Landscape Architects in Nigeria (SLAN) launced a lecture series with the theme “UN Decade of Ecological Restoration,”…
Story | 01 Feb, 2021
Each year, the international community celebrates World Wetlands Day on the 2nd February, a day to put a spotlight on the state of our wetlands globally. Organised by the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, the 2021 theme focuses on the intrinsic link…
Story | 01 Feb, 2021
Stakeholder Consultation on Restoration Opportunities Assessment Methodology in Haryana
IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) organized a stakeholder consultation workshop on “Restoration Opportunities Assessment Methodology (ROAM)” with the Government of Haryana, India on 12th January 2021. The meeting held in Gurugram, Haryana, India saw the attendance of Sh.