Story | 06 Sep, 2016
FUNDAECO decidió abordar la pregunta clave: ¿Cómo pueden las comunidades rurales vivir sosteniblemente, si las mujeres viven en la insostenibilidad? Para lo que se desarrolló un intercambio de ideas.
Story | 04 Sep, 2016
Meet the Heritage Hero voted by the public – Bibhuti Lahkar
The public has spoken, choosing Bibhuti Lahkar as the people’s choice Heritage Hero, for his dedication to the conservation of India’s Manas Wildlife Sanctuary. The result of last week’s online voting was announced at the 2016 IUCN World Conservation Congress in Hawai‘i, USA.
Story | 04 Sep, 2016
La Adaptación basada en Ecosistemas puede ser flexible y algunas veces puede ser complementaria a la infraestructura gris y junto con la Reducción de Desastres Ecosistémicos pueden ayudar a los países y economías en desarrollo.
Story | 03 Sep, 2016
New guidelines launched at the 2016 IUCN World Conservation Congress aim to support the management of areas recognised simultaneously under several international designations, all of which have environmental conservation at their heart.
Story | 03 Sep, 2016
Take a nature-based solutions journey at IUCN World Conservation Congress
Nature-based Solutions are actions to protect, sustainably manage and restore natural or modified ecosystems, which address societal challenges (e.g. climate change, food and water security or natural disasters) effectively and adaptively, while simultaneously providing human well-being and…
Story | 03 Sep, 2016
The IUCN CEESP/SSC Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group (IUCN SULi), IUCN Viet Nam, the IUCN Indo-Burma Group, the International Institute of Environment and Development (IIED) and TRAFFIC, are holding a regional workshop for Southeast Asia with a focus on the Lower Mekong Region to…
Story | 03 Sep, 2016
Building conservation and peace in Myanmar
“All ethnic peoples have the same political aspirations – peace, self-determination and environmental sustainability” - Paul Sein Twa, Karen leader from Myanmar
Story | 01 Sep, 2016
Better natural resource governance in practice: improving how institutions work with people
All too often, natural resource projects are designed without regard for how local people’s needs and interests will be represented in decision-making bodies during planning and implementation. Even project designs that have built-in participatory mechanisms, such as community-based user groups…
Story | 29 Aug, 2016
IUCN Congress set to debate new global policy on biodiversity offsets
As governments and business struggle to reconcile conservation and economic goals, the IUCN World Conservation Congress will debate the first-ever global policy on biodiversity offsets -- a mechanism increasingly used to compensate for the residual negative impacts of development projects on…
Story | 29 Aug, 2016
From gulf to gulf: Sharing lessons on coastal wetlands between Thailand and Myanmar
In June 2016, IUCN organised an exposure visit for nine Myanmar government officials including four ministers from Mon State and Bago Region and one from the Nature and Wildlife Conservation Division in Nay Pyi Taw to the Gulf of Thailand. The purpose of the visit was to let these officials see…