Story | 03 Apr, 2018
Regional capacity building workshop on integrated planning in Mbeya, Tanzania
Representatives from national and local government agencies and NGOs from Tanzania and Zambia convened from 20 to 23 March, 2018 in Mbeya, Tanzania for a regional capacity building workshop: ‘Exploring spatial and legal policy perspectives for integrated land use planning around Lake Tanganyika…
Story | 03 Apr, 2018
E-learning course on integrated land use planning launched in Tanzania
Under the leadership of the Environmental Law Centre, IUCN and UNITAR have jointly developed a new e-learning course on ‘Integrated planning for climate change and biodiversity’. The course was launched on 20 March 2018, in Mbeya, Tanzania, by Dr Anna Sabrina Wollmann of the UN Institute for…
Story | 03 Apr, 2018
MFF and Marriott Resorts and Hotels have joined hands with Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University to improve the sustainability of communities’ livelihoods and bolster conservation efforts in Bangkaeo Sub-district of Samut Songkram Province, Central Thailand.
Story | 28 Mar, 2018
China to host 11th World Wilderness Congress in 2019
At a media event in Beijing organised by the Global Times and People’s Daily, China announced it will host the 11th World Wilderness Congress (WILD11) in late 2019.
Story | 28 Mar, 2018
Bosque Pehuén: private, voluntary protection in a Chilean forest
By Brent A. Mitchell.
Chile exemplifies a growing trend in conservation: privately protected areas. While several large private conservation initiatives in Patagonia have (rightly) dominated the headlines, individuals and NGOs are voluntarily protecting areas throughout the country.…
Story | 27 Mar, 2018
Sharing and creating success stories: the Blue Solutions Fair in Thailand
Around 40 participants from 12 different countries within the Asia-Pacific Region gathered in Pattaya, Thailand, where the Blue Solutions Fair took place from 13 to 16 March. The mission of this four-day event was to explore sustainable ways to address climate change for resilient coastal…
Story | 26 Mar, 2018
IUCN proposes new method for measuring species’ conservation success
A conceptual framework to help measure how conservation action helps species on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species recover was presented in a paper published today in the journal Conservation Biology.
Story | 26 Mar, 2018
Over 80 conservation practitioners from across Asia came together to learn about ways of reducing and preventing human-wildlife conflict (HWC) at a technical workshop organised under the auspices of the Asia Protected Areas Partnership (APAP)in Bhutan, a country that…