Story | 01 Dec, 2016
Forests on the agenda at Convention on Biological Diversity COP13
IUCN will take part in the Thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP13) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Cancun, Mexico from 4 - 17 December 2016. Forests are high on the agenda, as one of the four main focus areas from the CBD.
Story | 02 Nov, 2016
Solutions for improving data access
The Caribbean Protected Areas Gateway (Caribbean Gateway) had an invaluable opportunity to share its model for linking data to better decision making on an international scale when it hosted a Knowledge Café at the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation…
Story | 26 Oct, 2016
Evaluación de Género y Desarrollo Sostenible en la Península de Yucatán, México
A raíz de las acciones que está llevando a cabo la UICN para apoyar al diseño de mecanismos de distribución de beneficios REDD+ en México que sean apropiados, justos y favorables para los grupos más vulnerables, se desarrolló una herramienta analítica con datos e información depurados que sean…
Story | 20 Oct, 2016
National Meeting of Honduras with Active Participation of Basin Councils
The 2nd National Meeting of Basin Councils was held June 6-10, 2016, in the municipality of Santa Cruz de Yojoa, Honduras
Story | 20 Oct, 2016
Achieving forest landscape restoration (FLR) at scale is contingent upon the engagement and commitment of thousands of landowners and communities. Add conducive public policies, economic and financial incentives, good governance, multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder approaches and capacity-…
Story | 10 Oct, 2016
Panorama – Solutions for a Healthy Planet
Panorama – a new online platform and strong partnership for conservation optimism
Story | 29 Sep, 2016
Enabling rights-based REDD+ frameworks in tropical countries
Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) can improve lives, protect forests and biodiversity, and mitigate climate change. Forests serve as natural storage sinks for carbon, and deforestation is the second leading cause of carbon emissions contributing to climate…
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 | 10 Sep, 2016
De Tarragona 2003 a Hawai’i 2016: Avances en los Acuerdos de los Miembros Iberoamericanos de la UICN
En el marco del Congreso Mundial de la Naturaleza Hawaii 2016, el acuerdo ha sido firmado por Froilán Esquinca, Presidente del Comité Mesoamericano de la UICN, Gonzalo Andrade, Presidente del Comité Suramericano de la UICN y Juan Antonio López, Presidente del Comité Español de la UICN.
Story | 10 Sep, 2016
La Asociación Sotz’il, (Centro para la Investigación y Planificación del Desarrollo Maya, Sotz’il) obtuvo un reconocimiento de la Comisión de Política Ambiental, Económica y Social (CEESP, por sus siglas en inglés) de la UICN por su trabajo en la promoción de la conservación biocultural entre…