Story | 05 Nov, 2021
Wildlife Trust championing Nature -based Solutions with the Great Fen
The Great Fen started with nature. 20 years ago, the great 100 year vision for the Great Fen was to protect and connect two remaining fragments of ancient fen, creating a vast new, resilient, wetland landscape that was good for wildlife and good for people
Jointly published | 2021
Nature-based solutions for climate change mitigation
This report analyses the current state of knowledge regarding the role of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) in climate change mitigation. It shows that in order to keep temperature rising to 1.5 degrees and achieve net zero by 2050 a significant contribution from NbS is both necessary and possible,…
Grey literature | 2021
Planning and delivering Nature-based Solutions in Mediterranean cities...Executive summary
Grey literature | 2021
The conservation status and distribution of the breeding birds of prey of North Africa
Story | 04 Nov, 2021
CEPF and IUCN to announce a new call for proposals for the Indo-Burma Biodiversity Hotspot
Following the successful call for proposals in January 2021, the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) and IUCN are making preparations to announce the next call for proposals in the Indo-Burma Biodiversity Hotspot. Civil society organisations will be invited to submit Letters of Inquiry (…
Story | 03 Nov, 2021
A new IUCN report, Acting on Ocean Risk, reveals that densely populated coastal areas are exposed to increasing threats such as sea-level rise and extreme weather events. Focusing on the situation in Kenya, Mozambique and Tanzania, the report…
Story | 03 Nov, 2021
Regen10 is an ambitious collective action plan to scale regenerative food production systems, worldwide, in a decade. The initiative will put farmers at the heart of a global effort to transform agricultural systems, so that by 2030, over 50% of the world’s food can…
Jointly published | 2021
World Heritage forests : carbon sinks under pressure
World Heritage forests are some of the most biodiversity-rich habitats on Earth and play a crucial role in climate regulation by absorbing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere. However, these forests are under increasing anthropogenic pressures, including climate change. By combining remote…
Story | 02 Nov, 2021
Request for Proposals – consulting opportunities, Albania
IUCN Regional Office for Eastern Europe and Centrals Asia (ECARO) seeks one (1) international consultant specialised in hydrological engineering and 1 consulting company or team of consultants specialised in biodiversity, GIS, socio-economic and…