Story | 09 May, 2022
Throughout 2021, the Fishing Cat Ecological Enterprise (FCEE) worked with community members and government stakeholders in Koh Kapik Ramsar Site, Cambodia, to implement climate change adaptation measures to strengthen the wetland’s resilience to climate change.
Story | 29 Mar, 2022
The Blue Carbon Accelerator Fund (BCAF) today launches its Readiness Support call for proposals to all entrepreneurs and project developers involved in blue carbon work. Readiness Support will help project developers to get coastal blue carbon restoration projects ready for implementation and…
Story | 23 Mar, 2022
Swiss-based companies pledge to deliver 100 Nature-based Solutions by 2030
To help address the interlinked climate and biodiversity crises, SwissBiz4Nature, a multi-stakeholder initiative composed of Swiss-based businesses and organisations, plans to implement 100 Nature-based Solutions (NbS) before the end of the decade.
Story | 04 Mar, 2022
50 million Euros to seed new Nature for Health Trust Fund for Pandemic Prevention
IUCN, together with partners, look forward to implementing this new Fund to help countries achieve more holistic policymaking by creating further evidence of the links between biodiversity, climate and health, and support decision makers and relevant actors to take measures…
Story | 03 Mar, 2022
The 6th IPCC Report and what it means for cities
As the latest climate report was released this week, the messaging couldn’t have been more dire. The report states that the world faces ‘multiple climate hazards over the next two decades, some of which will be irreversible’. The UN Secretary-…
Story | 24 Feb, 2022
Transitioning to sustainable food systems is vital to staying within planetary boundaries, feeding a growing population and combatting climate change. Today IUCN launched SUSTAIN Pro, a 10-year initiative aimed at addressing livelihood inequality, ecosystem degradation and agricultural…
Story | 24 Feb, 2022
Aquaculture and Nature-based Solutions: new report
A new report from the AquaCoCo project works to identify synergies between sustainable development of coastal communities, aquaculture, and marine and coastal conservation. It examines the emerging concept of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) and the IUCN Global Standard for NbS when applied to…
Publication | 2022
Aquaculture and Nature-based Solutions
Aquaculture production has very significantly increased in tonnage and value over the last decades. It is seen as a potential solution to replace the declining wild fishery stocks. This publication is a first attempt to examine aquaculture systems within the recent framework of the IUCN Global…
Page | 04 Feb, 2022
Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA), also referred to as Nature-based Solutions for Adaptation, involves a wide range of ecosystem management activities, such as the sustainable management of forests, grasslands, and wetlands, that increase the resilience and reduce the vulnerability of people and…
Story | 15 Feb, 2022
Request for Proposals (RfP) - Nature-based Solutions Project Design Consultant
IUCN Regional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia invites individuals, teams of experts, or consulting companies to submit a Proposal for the consultancy requiring services for a Project Design Consultant in the…