Story | 27 Oct, 2022
Meet the Pollinator Experts: Craig Macadam
This is the first in our interview series with experts who support IUCN in developing Species Action Plans for EU Pollinators. The goal of this project is to create three action plans that help to conserve threatened pollinator species in the EU.…
Page | 26 Oct, 2022
Local Communities - First Line of Defence against Illegal Wildlife Trade (FLoD)
Engaging communities as partners in combatting illegal wildlife trade (IWT) is increasingly recognized as critical, but has proven difficult to operationalise in a meaningful and sustainable manner. While there is increasing recognition among practitioners and policy makers of the need to…
Page | 26 Oct, 2022
IUCN engages in biodiversity conservation in Eastern and Southern Africa.
Page | 26 Oct, 2022
Recognizing the interdependency of the three pillars of sustainable development - social, economic and environmental, IUCN’s work in Eastern and Southern Africa underscores the fact that sustainable economic development depends on sound environmental management. ESARO, in line with IUCN’s Global…
Page | 26 Oct, 2022
Bantu Lukambo and Josué Kambasu Mukura
Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Words by Pierre Lefèvre, environmental journalist
Page | 26 Oct, 2022
The Heritage Heroes award ran in 2016 as a public voting campaign recognising exceptional people protecting natural World Heritage. Gathering three nominees at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Hawai'i, it resonated as both a celebration of the places and people that inspire us, and a wake…
IUCN event
Nature-based Solutions political uptake: What is at stake?
The political momentum and uptake of the Nature-based Solutions (NbS) over the past few years and especially in 2022, when it was officially recognised by UNEA 5.2, creates a great opportunity for further recognition of NbS at the UNFCCC, CBD and UNCCD COPs.