Story | 30 Dec, 2016
Service Procurement Notice (Serbia)
Consultancy for the delivery of the Scoping Study on Ecosystem Services and their role in Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation in Serbia - a call announced within the project “Towards Strengthening Conservation Planning in South-Eastern Europe”, funded by MAVA Foundation.
Story | 26 Dec, 2016
Representatives of Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam recently met in Bangkok to discuss the objectives and work plan of the newly established Indo-Burma Ramsar Regional Initiative (IBRRI). IBRRI was approved by the 52nd meeting of the Ramsar Convention Standing Committee (SC 52)…
Publication | 2016
Field guide to seagrasses of the Red Sea
The purpose of this publication is to provide naturalists, resource managers and scientists with a simple guide to identify all species of seagrasses in the Red Sea. Each species is described in detail using photographs of key and diagnostic features. Key features are those that distinguish a…
Story | 20 Dec, 2016
Ten countries collaborate to kickstart restoration work
More than 50 representatives and project team members from 10 Asian and African countries gathered in Douala, Cameroon, last month to begin work on The Restoration Initiative (TRI) – an IUCN-led programme to help these countries define and achieve forest landscape restoration commitments under…
Story | 19 Dec, 2016
Reflections of a programme manager on the end of ENPI-FLEG
Richard Aishton, Senior Programme Manager, ENPI/FLEG Programme reflects on the accomplishments of the European Neighborhood and Partnership Instrument East Countries Forest Law Enforcement and Governance Program (ENPI-FLEG, or simply FLEG) over the past seven years. The programme has made many…
Story | 17 Dec, 2016
UN Biodiversity Conference 2016: Compromise with a pinch of salt
With less than four years remaining to implement the biodiversity plan agreed by world governments in 2010, IUCN calls for continued efforts to achieve the Aichi biodiversity conservation targets, as the UN biodiversity conference closes in Cancún, Mexico. IUCN stresses that while progress has…
Story | 15 Dec, 2016
How can we mainstream biodiversity where nature matters most?
Local and subnational governments play a key role in conserving biodiversity and ecosystems and implementing the objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Strategic Plan. From 9-11 December 2016, the CBD Secretariat, the Ministry of Environment of Mexico and ICLEI hosted the…
Story | 14 Dec, 2016
FLEG to FLR transition – a natural fit
Richard Aishton, Senior Programme Manager, ENPI/FLEG Programme at IUCN, makes a case for the European Neighborhood and Partnership Instrument East Countries Forest Law Enforcement and Governance Program (ENPI-FLEG, or simply FLEG) to transition its focus toward forest landscape restoration (FLR…
Story | 14 Dec, 2016
Bees: An income generator and mangrove conservation tool for a community in Thailand
In Krabi province, Thailand, beekeeping contributes to supporting sustainable livelihoods. Not only does the activity help generate income for families, it also promotes community-based conservation.
Story | 12 Dec, 2016
Outcomes of the 2016 Latin America meeting on the Bonn Challenge
On August 26, 2016, the second meeting of the Bonn Challenge Latin America 2016 was held in Panama City. This report summarises the proceedings of the session and provides updates on the work countries are undertaking towards the Bonn Challenge.