Story | 06 Mar, 2019
UN elevates action on ecosystem restoration – IUCN is ready
The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030) was officially adopted by the UN General Assembly. El Salvador, joined by 71 co-sponsors, sets the world on a course to massively scale up the restoration of degraded ecosystems and halt further…
Story | 06 Mar, 2019
"Forests at risk: Białowieża and beyond" Conference
The main aims of the conference were to raise global awareness of the urgent need to protect Białowieża Forest, the last temperate European lowland forest, from the threats of forest exploitation; and to stress wider concerns about the deep vulnerability of natural…
Story | 06 Mar, 2019
Asia’s largest coastal resource management programme sets sights on further growth
The continuous application of Mangroves for the Future’s (MFF) knowledge and governance structures to leverage and scale up MFF investments, share knowledge and influence national policy development, is critical in contributing to sustainable coastal resource management in Asia…
Story | 05 Mar, 2019
Reporting on nature in the Caribbean and Central America
Caribbean and Central American countries gathered in Barbados to exchange best practices, share experiences and work around the Sixth National Report on Biodiversity
Story | 04 Mar, 2019
IUCN ROWA new marine project in Lebanon, thanks to the generous contribution of 9 million NOK from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Beirut.
DG Statement | 04 Mar, 2019
IUCN Director General’s statement for International Women’s Day 2019
We are all fighters in the global battle for gender equality. And as we fast approach International Women’s Day we should rightly celebrate our successes, while also highlighting the areas where the world urgently needs more progress.
Story | 01 Mar, 2019
Nature-based solutions in practice: the example of the Namey Nichu watershed in Bhutan
As part of the BMUB-IKI funded Scaling Up Mountain Ecosystem Based Adaptation project, an IUCN delegation from the Asia Regional Office and Nepal Country Office visited Bhutan in January to learn about the implementation of Payment for Ecosystem…
Story | 27 Feb, 2019
First programme to census raptors in Morocco released
The first programme to carry out a survey and monitor diurnal cliff-nesting raptors in Morocco – an action integrated in the ATLAS Programme - was launched last week with the first expedition to the Atlantic Sahara, coordinated by the High Commission for Water and…
Story | 22 Feb, 2019
Chinese Delegation Studying Belt and Road Initiative Calls for Environmental Safeguards along CPEC
A delegation of experts from the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED) met with key stakeholders connected with the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and called for measures to ensure environmental safeguards along the Belt and Road Initiative…
Story | 22 Feb, 2019
How South Africa will beat plastic pollution
Through the MARPLASTICCs project, IUCN is working with South Africa, one of the world’s top 20 contributors of marine plastic pollution, to close the plastic tap.