Story | 16 Nov, 2021
The Restoration Initiative: A China story
Enhancing the health and services of China’s state forest farms through forest landscape restoration
Story | 16 Nov, 2021
The Restoration Initiative: A Central African Republic story
Partnerships for restoration in the Central African Republic
Story | 16 Nov, 2021
The Restoration Initiative: A Cameroon story
Community-led restoration in the Far North Region of Cameroon
Story | 02 Nov, 2021
The Restoration Initiative featured at IUCN World Conservation Congress
The Restoration Initiative (TRI) programme was featured at the IUCN World Conservation Congress, held in France, September 3-11, 2021. Speakers at the TRI event, which served to raise the visibility and awareness of TRI-supported work and restoration efforts more broadly, included Global…
Story | 26 Oct, 2021
The Restoration Initiative Year in Review showcases progress despite pandemic
The Restoration Initiative (TRI) 2020 Year in Review is now available from IUCN, FAO and UNEP. This flagship publication provides an overview of progress and stories from the second year of TRI – a pathbreaking Global Environment Facility (GEF) programme…
Story | 25 Oct, 2021
Regenerative agriculture works: New research and African businesses show how
A new report reveals strong evidence that regenerative agriculture works, showing surprising returns. Regenerative agriculture secures supply, strengthens livelihoods and sequesters carbon, delivering on the promise of Nature-based Solutions.
Story | 13 Sep, 2021
Women building power: activist stories, testimonies
Excerpt from the special issue of the CEESP publication Policy Matters, focusing on the stories and voices of environmental defenders; by WoMin African Alliance
Story | 20 Aug, 2021
Strategies to help rural women protect forests
Around the world in forest communities, women entrepreneurs are making a big difference. More than 750 million women depend on forests for employment and household consumption, and women are among the fastest growing group of entrepreneurs. Federations of forest and farm producers around the…
Story | 16 Aug, 2021
IUCN is publishing a worldwide collection of case studies that provide concrete illustrations of how aquaculture can be part of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), sharing conservation objectives with the community while outlining critical issues that should be explored on a case-by-case basis. Today…
Story | 10 Aug, 2021
The International Day for Conservation of Mangrove Ecosystem, proclaimed by UNESCO's General Conference in 2015 and celebrated annually on 26 July, aims to raise awareness of the importance of mangrove ecosystems as a "unique, special and…