IUCN event
SDGs in focus: SDG 15 and interlinkages with other SDGs – Life on land
This official meeting session chaired by President or Vice President of ECOSOC, examined progress towards SDG 15 - Life on land and how to make it shift from incremental to transformative change, with multi-sector, multi-stakeholder collaboration.
Story | 15 Jul, 2022
On 26 May 2022, as part of the 2nd Asia Parks Congress (APC) in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, IUCN held a side event to showcase the work of local civil society organisations (CSOs) supported by the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF), a biodiversity conservation initiative.
Story | 11 Jul, 2022
16 women receive high accolades for their contribution to waste management in Fiji
Sixteen women from Lautoka and Suva in Fiji were part of a week-long workshop that was aimed at empowering women in the informal waste sector.
News | 09 Jul, 2022
Gland, Switzerland, 8 July 2022 (IUCN) - On July 7, 2022, Prof. Huadong GUO, Director of the International Centre on Space Technologies for Natural and Cultural Heritage (HIST) under the auspices of UNESCO, and Dr. Bruno Oberle, Director General of the International Union for Conservation of…
News | 08 Jul, 2022
The IUCN Green List: Sharing Experiences at the 2nd Asia Parks Congress
On May 26th 2022 at the 2nd Asia Parks Congress in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, the IUCN Protected and Conserved Areas team held an event on the IUCN Green List to share experiences and celebrate the success of key partners and stakeholders who have pioneered the IUCN Green List in Asia.
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The event will bring together leading scientists, technology innovators and users to illustrate how new technologies are already and have the potential to further advance global conservation goals and targets.
Story | 08 Jul, 2022
The Plastic Waste Free Islands (PWFI) Ubuntoo "Greenhouse" currently holds hundreds of product, knowledge resources, and a news feed about plastic leakage and pollution specific to Small Island Developing States (SIDS). It resides within the Ubuntoo environmental solutions platform, to build…
Story | 06 Jul, 2022
CEESP News: Alexandra Eisinger1
Addressing land tenure and property rights is instrumental to delivering successful restoration outcomes, yet existing modalities do not adequately support tenure-responsive programming to address conflict, avoid doing harm, and be a conduit for…
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IUCN is participating in the 2022 High-Level Political Forum (HLFP) under the auspices of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
The HLPF is the central United Nations platform for the follow-up and review of the …
Story | 05 Jul, 2022
New blue carbon partnership for Western Indian Ocean mangrove reforestation
As part of the Great Blue Wall initiative, designed to accelerate ocean conservation and regenerative economic development in the Western Indian Ocean, IUCN and Blue Forest Company used the UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon to announce a new blue carbon partnership, with work beginning in Mozambique…