Story | 16 Jan, 2018
EU Plastics Strategy positive but requires implementation
IUCN welcomes the EU Plastics Strategy launched today, encourages all public and private actors to ensure its swift and adequate implementation, and looks forward to the European Union continuing to lead global action to tackle the marine plastic litter problem.
Story | 11 Jan, 2018
SDGs and environment sidelined in EU budget debate
This week EU officials, ministers and experts debated the next EU budget in a high-level conference. Although the event was called ‘Shaping our future’, disappointingly nature and the environment received only passing mentions.
Story | 11 Jan, 2018
Garbage In, Garbage Out: Waste management in the Maldives
As a child, Firushan would often go to the beach to play. Back then, the beach used to be covered in leaves that were swept there from the streets.
Story | 19 Dec, 2017
Plastic is everywhere, polluting our waters, choking marine wildlife, and even in our food and water. I’ve seen plastics in every ocean I’ve dived in. It is a problem of global proportions but an ambitious EU Plastics Strategy can create vital momentum.
Story | 15 Dec, 2017
IUCN co-hosted ASEAN Conference on Reducing Marine Debris
The ASEAN Conference on Reducing Marine Debris in ASEAN Region, organised by the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) of Thailand in coordination with the ASEAN Secretariat and IUCN, was held on the 22-23 November 2017 in Phuket…
Story | 12 Dec, 2017
A novel approach by KRMP project: Training of trainers- based field exposure
The operationalizing of the Kelani River Multi-Stakeholder Partnership (KRMP), led by IUCN in collaboration with Brandix Limited (www.brandix.lk) took yet another step forward by conducting a training of trainers (TOT…
DG Statement | 06 Dec, 2017
IUCN Statement to UN Environment Assembly, 2017
On 6 December, during the third session of the United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya, IUCN Director General Inger Andersen delivered IUCN’s official statement on how addressing pollution is essential to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Read the full statement below…
Story | 04 Dec, 2017
Call for Project Proposals - Quantifying plastic fluxes and stocks within the Mediterranean basin
IUCN is currently accepting proposals from qualified experts or NGOs for a project on Quantifying plastic fluxes and stocks within the Mediterranean basin.
The Deadline for this call is 17 December 2017.
Story | 21 Nov, 2017
"Beautiful, totally worth it, shame about the litter. We thoroughly enjoyed our overnight cruise in Ha Long Bay and would recommend this experience. The only detractor was seeing litter in the water in the area where we went kayaking. Apparently, it's been cleaned up a lot in recent years but it…
Story | 20 Nov, 2017
Moving forward the Mediterranean Regional Cooperation Platform on Marine Litter
The second meeting of the Regional Cooperation Platform was held on 9-10 November 2017, in Barcelona (Spain), to review the progress achieved on the implementation of the Regional Plan on Marine Litter Management in the Mediterranean launched last year and led by UN Environment/ Mediterranean…