Page | 15 Feb, 2022
Nature 2030 implementation and finance
In addition to providing a more inclusive and extended vision, the new Programme defines broad areas of work and sets aspirational targets as well as indicators to measure success. The Financial Plan outlines the resources that the IUCN Secretariat expects to mobilise to reach these targets.
Press release | 31 Mar, 2022
Global taskforce to align new ‘Nature Markets' with sustainability goals
31 March 2022 -- Finance for Biodiversity (F4B) today announced the launch of a global Taskforce to ensure that emerging nature markets deliver nature positive and equitable outcomes and contribute to meeting climate goals.
Story | 31 Mar, 2022
An IUCN Green List project, funded by the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Korea, about ‘Promoting Fair and Effective Conservation of Protected and Conserved Areas globally based on experience in Asia’ has achieved successful completion…
Story | 31 Mar, 2022
César Guerrero, Executive Director of Terra Peninsular, San Quintín Bay, México is joined in this conversation by Cécile Fattebert of the IUCN Protected and Conserved Areas team.
Story | 30 Mar, 2022
The War Between Russia and Ukraine – An Environmental Disaster
CEESP News: Ritu Dhingra, IUCN CEESP Regional Vice Chair for South and East Asia.
Who will wear the burnt–the speechless lifeforms through no fault of their own? War always brings calamity and strife. When human beings, Homo sapiens, “The Wise Man,” and the most evolved species on this…
Story | 30 Mar, 2022
A Union for inclusive environmental action: a new IUCN Centre for Society and Governance
IUCN has put in place a new organisational structure following key decisions at the 2021 IUCN World Conservation Congress in Marseille. This includes the creation of a new Centre for Society and Governance, which places people at the heart of nature conservation efforts. The Centre will support…
Story | 29 Mar, 2022
IUCN at the 9th World Water Forum
The 9th World Water Forum took place in Dakar, Senegal from 21 to 26 March 2022. The Forum is organised every three years yet –like many others- the conference was delayed by a year due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. The conference did maintain the traditional…
Story | 29 Mar, 2022
Biodiversity negotiations must reconnect with reality
As the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) talks close in Geneva, Director of IUCN’s International Policy Centre Sonia Peña Moreno reflects on two weeks of negotiations, some missed opportunities, and her hopes for future meetings. Going forward, Parties to the CBD must…
Story | 29 Mar, 2022
The Blue Carbon Accelerator Fund (BCAF) today launches its Readiness Support call for proposals to all entrepreneurs and project developers involved in blue carbon work. Readiness Support will help project developers to get coastal blue carbon restoration projects ready for implementation and…