Story | 28 Sep, 2016
Event: Sharing knowledge from REDD+ projects in Ghana, Mexico and Peru
On September 29, 2016, IUCN’s Global Forest Programme (GFP) is hosting a learning exchange on benefit sharing mechanisms in REDD+ initiatives at the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) Assembly Meeting. The event is taking place in Accra, Ghana and will be live streamed so you can tune in…
Story | 23 Sep, 2016
Forests, chopsticks, loco moco and an Arctic explorer find a connection at Students’ Day
Nearly 1,000 Hawaii students descended on the 2016 IUCN World Conservation Congress for Students’ Day. Those who passed through the Forest Pavilion were treated to a unique local perspective on forests and a visit from National Geographic Explorer Paul Rose.
Story | 21 Sep, 2016
In this second part of a two-part blog series, George Akwah Neba, IUCN’s REDD+ Programme Officer, continues his discussion on secured livelihoods as a critical dimension of the rights-based approach and pro-poor oriented frameworks for REDD+.
Story | 20 Sep, 2016
BEST, standing for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Territories of European overseas, was under the spotlight at the IUCN 2016 congress…
Story | 20 Sep, 2016
Secured livelihoods are a critical dimension of the rights-based approach and pro-poor oriented frameworks for REDD+. In this first part of a two-part blog series, George Akwah Neba, IUCN’s REDD+ Programme Officer, shares his thoughts on these initiatives.
Story | 14 Sep, 2016
Honouring outstanding service to protected areas
Georgina Bustamente, Alessandra Vanzell-Khouri, Roger Crofts, Jon Jarvis, Nik Lopoukhine, Sonam Wangchuk and Graeme Worboys received, at the IUCN WCC 2016 in Hawai’I, the Fred M. Packard International Parks Merit Award for their outstanding service to protected areas.
Story | 13 Sep, 2016
Hundreds of people, thousands of discussions at the IUCN Congress Forest Pavilion
The IUCN Forest Pavilion at the 2016 World Conservation Congress was abuzz for four days with dialogues, videos, pleas for action and reverent reflections on forests.
Story | 10 Sep, 2016
Designing creative solutions for vulnerable locations
Over the course of three days, several partners including IUCN, the University of Hawai’i Manoa and the Hawai’i Green Growth came together during the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Honolulu, Hawai’i to combine experiences and capacity-building approaches to create awareness and promote…
Story | 08 Sep, 2016
Farewell to the Chair of the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management
Piet Wit, the chair of the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM) is stepping down after successfully fulfilling two terms from 2008 to 2016.
Story | 06 Sep, 2016
New IUCN-ICCROM nature-culture project for sustainable development in World Heritage
The signing of a six-year project – World Heritage Leadership – at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Hawai‘i marks new steps to improve nature-culture conservation practice carried out through the World Heritage Convention. Funded by Norway as a partnership project between the…