Story | 27 Jul, 2016
Follow the tiger at IUCN World Conservation Congress
Held every four years, IUCN World Conservation Congress brings together leaders from government, the public sector, non-governmental organizations, business, UN agencies and indigenous and grass-roots organizations to discuss and decide on solutions to the world’s most pressing environment and…
Story | 27 Jul, 2016
Reconnecting wildlife habitats - Can Htamanthi Become a Source Site for Tigers?
In the last hundred years, tiger habitat has been significantly fragmented and transformed into isolated patches of habitats. A particular site can hold breeding females and a viable population (source), while a neighbouring one might have been depleted by poaching (sink). The key in this case…
Story | 27 Jul, 2016
(Camera) Trapping tigers across borders
In the recently held 10th meeting of the Trans-Boundary Manas Conservation Area (TraMCA) between Indian and Bhutanese conservation comrades, D.P. Bankhwal of the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), Guwahati, said, “Tigers are akin to canaries in a coalmine - their populations are…
Story | 27 Jul, 2016
IUCN / KfW Tiger programme has started successfully the implementation phase
Being at the top of the food chain, tigers need sprawling habitats, adequate prey and an intact ecosystem for their survival. Protecting these habitats and supporting the sustainable socio-economic development of the local communities living in and adjacent to these habitats are the aims of the…
Story | 27 Jul, 2016
Increasing tigers – the ultimate measure of conservation success
In tiger conservation, tiger populations are the currency of conservation success. If tiger numbers are increasing, we are doing our job well, but if numbers are declining, we need to work to understand the reasons for decline, and try new interventions. Sounds simple enough, but how do we…
Story | 27 Jul, 2016
Pacific capacity-building workshop to achieve Aichi Targets
A capacity-building workshop on achieving Aichi Biodiversity Targets 11 and 12, for the Pacific region, was held from 11-13 July 2016 in Nadi, Fiji.
Story | 26 Jul, 2016
Enhancing capacities in the Caribbean Region on the ABS Clearing-House
“In collaboration with the secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, the IUCN has achieved one of the outcomes of the project Advancing the Nagoya Protocol in Countries of the Caribbean Region” said Melesha Banhan, technical coordinator of the project, after the Access and Benefit-…
Story | 26 Jul, 2016
Restoration commitments from Africa push the Bonn Challenge beyond 100 million hectares
Ministers from Guinea, the Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, and Ghana have voiced their commitments today to restore 11.5 million hectares of degraded forests at a high-level roundtable in Kigali, Rwanda.
Story | 26 Jul, 2016
Mangroves For The Future – Contributing to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Press Release
Bangkok, Thailand, 26 July 2016 — To celebrate International Mangroves Day, Mangroves for the Future (MFF) has released a multimedia story (refer to Links section on the right-hand side of this page) showcasing its achievements and efforts across 11 countries towards…
Story | 22 Jul, 2016
Asia Protected Areas Partnership gathers pace as Steering Committee meets in Bangkok
“APAP has made tremendous progress. It has greatly expanded its membership, and is now becoming truly regional in scope; it has a clearer identity and a much higher profile; and most importantly, it has started to fulfil its vision of being a platform for sharing best practices in…