Story | 18 Sep, 2020
Reversing Biodiversity Loss & Safeguarding Our Future - Living Planet Report 2020
By Samraansh Sharma - The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Institute of Zoology (Zoological Society of London) recently published "Living Planet Report 2020 - Bending the Curve of Biodiversity Loss". The Report emphasizes the urgency to rebalance our relationship with nature and the planet.…
Story | 17 Sep, 2020
Reflections on the State of the Union 2020 address
Story | 14 Sep, 2020
IUCN’s Commission on Education and Communication (CEC) and World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), through the #NatureForAll global movement, are celebrating nature and drawing attention to the importance of biodiversity worldwide, with an inspiring new video and an exciting card game on…
Story | 11 Sep, 2020
WCEL hosts Second Webinar on Recent Developments in European Environmental Law Jurisprudence
On Friday 4 September, WCEL hosted the second of a two-part Webinar Event on "Recent Developments in European Environmental Law Jurisprudence".
Story | 11 Sep, 2020
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in Lao PDR is continuing to assist the Provincial Agriculture and Forestry Office (PAFO) in Khammouane Province to conserve the biodiversity of Phou Hin Poun National Protected Area and support the effective…
Story | 08 Sep, 2020
Dear Colleagues and Friends,
It is with great personal sadness that we announce the death of Dr. Biliana Cicin-Sain. Our beloved leader and friend passed away last Tuesday, 1 September 2020 as a result of lung cancer.
Story | 04 Sep, 2020
WCEL hosts Webinar on Recent Developments in European Environmental Law Jurisprudence
On Friday 28 August, WCEL hosted the first of a two-part Webinar Event on "Recent Developments in European Environmental Law Jurisprudence". IUCN Director General Dr. Bruno Oberle provided opening remarks.
Story | 04 Sep, 2020
Three landscape conservation projects converge in the Kilombero Valley
Kilombero Valley in Tanzania is an area of high biodiversity – including a Ramsar listed wetland – that is under ever-increasing human pressure. It is also part of the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT), a public-private partnership initiated through…
Grey literature | 2020
Contributing to scaling up forest landscape restoration in Ethiopia
This report intends to identify the opportunities and barriers of introducing and scaling up of FLR into selected pilot landscapes of Ethiopia: the districts (or woredas used as a synonym throughout this document) of Sodo and Meket, located in SNNP and Amhara regions respectively. This work is…
Story | 01 Sep, 2020
WCPA publishes a new guide to identifying ecosystem services in protected areas
The Protected Area Benefits Assessment Tool Plus (PA-BAT+) - a users’ guide to identifying ecosystem services from protected areas, in collaboration with local communities and Indigenous People, has just been published by the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas.