News | 24 Jul, 2024
With support from the United States Department of State, the EPPIC international collaboration will be implemented in Costa Rica, Honduras, and Guatemala, to enable the transition to circular plastic economies.
Story | 22 Jul, 2024
Lotus fiber: a new women-led flood friendly value chain in the Mekong Delta
In February-March 2024, IUCN organised a training program for 60 women in three upper Mekong Delta provinces of An Giang, Dong Thap, and Long An to produce high value silk yarn from lotus stems. This is part of a 3-year project to develop sustainable value chains for lotus silk products to…
News | 22 Jul, 2024
Kick-off meeting on mangrove restoration and hybrid NbS in the Mekong Delta
On 5 July 2024, IUCN organised a meeting in Bac Lieu Province to launch the project "Increasing coastal resilience in the Mekong Delta through mangrove restoration and hybrid NbS" with funding from The Coca-Cola Foundation (TCCF). The project will apply a hybrid NbS that reconciles coastal…
Story | 22 Jul, 2024
Closing the Caribbean Plastic Tap: propelling Caribbean SIDS towards a plastic-free future
Initiative funded by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation and aimed at addressing recyclable and nonrecyclable plastic waste and plastic leakage in five Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS), kicks off with national inception workshops in Saint Lucia and Saint Kitts and Nevis…
News | 11 Jul, 2024
Mediterranean sites in France and Spain successfully renew their IUCN Green List status
Côte Bleue Marine Park and Cerbère-Banyuls Natural Marine Reserve in France, along with Sierra Nevada National and Natural Park in Spain, are the sites in the Mediterranean region that have recently renewed their IUCN Green List status. In doing so, they maintain their place among the 76…
Project | 25 Sep, 2016 - 24 Mar, 2023
Promoting Ecosystem based Adaptation through Friends of Ecosystem based Adaptation (FEBA)
FEBAis a global collaborative network of 100+ organizations with a shared interest in advancing awareness, understanding and uptake of nature-based solutions in adaptation and resilience efforts and planning processes around the world. FEBA convenes the global adaptation community around expert…
Project | 01 Jun, 2017 - 30 Nov, 2022
Project | 31 Dec, 2020 - 30 Jun, 2028
Global Fund to Support the Implementation and Upscaling of Ecosystem-based Adaptation
The Global EbA Fund provides targeted and rapid support through seed capital for innovative approaches to ecosystem-based adaptation. The Fund aims to encourage catalytic initiatives to help overcome barriers for upscaling EbA, address the gaps in knowledge and planning for EbA, as well as to…
Project | 01 Jun, 2020 - 31 Jul, 2023
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