Story | 17 Oct, 2016
Tapping into state funding for improved natural resource management
In September 2016, as part of a 4-year project funded by the European Union to strengthen community fisheries (CFi) in the Tonle Sap, IUCN and FACT organized a workshop in Siem Reap for local fishing communities and government officials to discuss difficulties accessing state funding for…
Story | 12 Oct, 2016
EU-NSA Project in Tonle Sap, IUCN Cambodia
Water is life in the Tonle Sap floodplain of Cambodia. As one of the world’s most unique freshwater ecosystems, one of its most productive inland fisheries, and a world cultural and environmental heritage site recognized by both UNESCO and the Ramsar Convention, the Tonle Sap is a dynamic socio-…
Story | 12 Oct, 2016
Intensive rice production is the predominant cause for the loss of biodiversity and resilience to climate change in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta. Today, less than 5% of the natural wetlands of the Delta remain. In order to intensively grow rice in the upper-delta deep flood zone, traditional low…
Story | 19 Sep, 2016
Valuing lessons learned leading to good practice: crab resources enhancement in Bang Son Bay
Community-based coastal resources management works: IUCN recently visited two successful ‘crab banks’ in Bang Son Bay, where crab resources are enhanced by keeping female crabs in a shelter until they hatch their eggs, allowing them to release thousands of offspring into the sea. These crab…
Story | 02 Sep, 2016
Fish Conservation and Climate Change in Kampong Phluk
On July 22, IUCN met the Fisheries Action Coalition Team (FACT) and members of the commune council and community fisheries committee in Kampong Phluk, one of three sites that are the focus of a EU-funded project to strengthen community fisheries in the Tonle Sap, to discuss the fish conservation…
Grey literature | 2016
Ocean warming : causes, scale, effects and consequences...Executive summary
Ocean warming may well turn out to be the greatest hidden challenge of our generation. This report represents the most comprehensive review to date on ocean warming. To build up the report, leading scientists from around the world were invited to join with colleagues to contribute individual…
Story | 29 Aug, 2016
From gulf to gulf: Sharing lessons on coastal wetlands between Thailand and Myanmar
In June 2016, IUCN organised an exposure visit for nine Myanmar government officials including four ministers from Mon State and Bago Region and one from the Nature and Wildlife Conservation Division in Nay Pyi Taw to the Gulf of Thailand. The purpose of the visit was to let these officials see…
Publication | 2016
This document is a practical guide to the responsible and effective planning of offshore geophysical surveys and other forms of environmental imaging.