Story | 10 Oct, 2018
Gland, Switzerland, and Greenwood Village, Colorado, USA – IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, and Newmont Mining Corporation (NYSE: NEM) (Newmont or the Company) have established a three-year collaborative agreement to…
Story | 09 Oct, 2018
The Biodiversity in Protected Areas Management (BIOPAMA) Program is leveraging its network of protected areas (PA) managers, conservationists, researchers, and associated multilateral agencies operating in the same sphere, to undertake the first State of Protected A
Story | 05 Oct, 2018
Training on Biodiversity Registers and Biodiversity Management Committees in Munger, Bihar
IUCN India with support of ITC Ltd. has initiated a “Sustainable Agriscapes for Future” programme in the Munger district of Bihar. Under this programme, one of the objectives is to revive the ecosystem services which would not only help carry out sustainable agriculture but also promote…
Story | 03 Oct, 2018
Costa Rica celebra primer Día del Conocimiento sobre Adaptación basada en Ecosistemas (AbE).
El primer Día del Conocimiento sobre (AbE) en Costa Rica fue organizado por la UICN y la Dirección de Cambio Climático (DCC) del Ministerio de Ambiente y Energía (MINAE) de Costa Rica y reunió a diversos sectores, para incluir desde su perspectiva el enfoque de…
Story | 02 Oct, 2018
Mainstreaming biodiversity and strengthening business engagements at IUCN Business Week 2018
More than 55 staff members and over 20 business partners exchanged around the theme “Catalysing business engagement and investment for sustainable development” during IUCN Business Week 2018 10-14 September, at IUCN headquarters in Gland.
Story | 02 Oct, 2018
Putting people at the heart of ocean conservation
Blog by Ria Sen, member of the IUCN Comission on Education and Communication, following Global AWARE Week
Story | 28 Sep, 2018
According to the 2018 Progress Assessment of the New York Declaration on Forests, the world is not on track to meet global goals to halve natural forest loss globally by 2020 at the current pace. We take a look into this assessment with a focus…
Story | 28 Sep, 2018
Biodiversity monitoring in Ha Long Bay and Cat Ba Archipelago: getting started
“What species exist in this site?” is a question that is often asked by visitors to Vietnam’s protected areas. It seems to be a simple question to answer given the amount of research that’s been carried out in Vietnam’s national parks and nature reserves. But as MONRE…
Story | 27 Sep, 2018
IUCN seeks whale conservation expert to lead advise on industry development impacts
IUCN invites applications for the Chair of its Western Gray Whale Advisory Panel (WGWAP) to provide objective independent advice on the impacts to whales and their marine habitat during offshore oil and gas development and beyond. The position will run for three…
Story | 25 Sep, 2018
First Judicial Conference on Environmental Justice by AJ&K environmental Protection Agency
The first Judicial Conference on Environmental Justice was organized by the Environmental Protection Agency the ‘First Judicial Conference on Environmental Justice’ on September 15, 2018 in Muzaffarabad. The honorable Chief Justice of Azad Jammu and Kashmir High Court Justice M. Tabassum Aftab…