Story | 02 Jul, 2021
Challenges of Scaling Up and Financing Ecosystem-Based Adaptation in Africa: The Role of Innovation
Nature is a critical component to scaling up climate change adaptation and resilience. However, financing mechanisms are needed to mainstream approaches such as Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA), a nature-based solution for climate adaptation, to…
Story | 28 Jun, 2021
Governance for ecosystem-based adaptation
The Environmental Law Centre and the IUCN Regional Office for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean are pleased to announce the release of the publication "Governance for ecosystem-based adaptation". This publication is the result of more than a decade of work in Mesoamerica on ecosystem-…
Story | 28 Jun, 2021
Put trees on farms for food security and biodiversity
What do you picture when you think of biodiversity? Lush forests teeming with birds? Or maybe coral reefs bursting with fish and brightly coloured corals? Now think about a farm as a symbol of biodiversity. Likely, farms are not the first landscapes to conjure images of species richness, but…
Story | 18 Jun, 2021
La UICN junto con la Universidad de Cádiz presentan un proyecto inédito que apuesta por las salinas artesanales en una jornada técnica celebrada hoy en Cádiz con motivo del Día Internacional de la Gastronomía y donde se han dado…
Story | 27 May, 2021
The ocean and the UNFCCC Global Stocktake: What does this mean?
What the ocean means to the Global Stocktake (GST) has been analysed by multiple conservation organisations in this new report. The conclusion? The ocean, as a central part in the Earth's climate system, must also be central to the UNFCCC’s GST.
Story | 10 May, 2021
First guidelines to design and deploy Blue Carbon projects in Europe and the Mediterranean
IUCN launches a manual to support financing of restoration and conservation efforts on a European and Mediterranean scale.
Story | 10 May, 2021
Thailand celebrates Thailand National Mangrove Day
H.E. Varawut Silpa-archa, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, encouraged the nation to celebrate National Mangrove Day and the success Thailand has had in increasing mangrove forest areas. In addition, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Mr.…
Press release | 28 Apr, 2021
Sustainable management of natural resources can reduce risk of armed conflict – IUCN report
Gland, Switzerland, 28 April 2021 (IUCN) – Countries where natural resources such as agricultural land and water become scarce or degraded tend to be more conflict-prone, a new IUCN report finds. The report concludes that conserving and sustainably managing natural resources…
Story | 26 Apr, 2021
Request for proposal (RfP) – Mid-Term Review Consultant
IUCN Regional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia is looking to engage an external, independent and qualified expert to submit a Proposal for the individual consultancy of Mid-Term Review Consultant in Serbia of the project “…
Story | 07 Apr, 2021
IUCN Regional Office for Eastern Europe and Centrals Asia (ECARO) seeks five (5) applications from qualified individuals based in Serbia to serve as independent experts within the ADAPT project: Nature-based Solutions for resilient societies in…