Story | 01 Aug, 2017
On Thursday 20 July, 2017, Tata Steel's Raw Material Strategy Group and IUCN's Leaders for Nature (LFN) organised an in-company session at Tata Steel's Jamshedpur facility. The event aimed to emphasise the importance of biodiversity and highlight the extent to which anthropogenic activities have…
Story | 31 Jul, 2017
How mangroves got their roots back in East Java
Clean air and food on the table. For World Mangroves Day, we're highlighting the ways mangroves offer sustainable solutions to those communities whose livelihoods depend on the resources provided by a resilient coast.
Story | 31 Jul, 2017
Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment to Chair the IUCN Sri Lanka National Committee
Established in 2000, the National Committee of IUCN Sri Lanka comprised of 12 members; Government and Non-Government agencies representing a cross section of the conservation and management agencies.
Story | 28 Jul, 2017
Measuring Sustainable Tourism and the IUCN Green List
Sustainable tourism is increasingly relevant in national agendas for its role in fostering economic growth, social inclusiveness, and the protection of cultural and natural assets. IUCN China was invited to the 6th UNWTO International Conference on Tourism, to share information on the IUCN Green…
Story | 28 Jul, 2017
New IUCN training focuses on engaging business to safeguard international public goods
All over the world, businesses make use of natural capital. Companies therefore benefit from healthy ecosystems. But how can nature conservation organizations engage companies to contribute to the maintenance of ecosystem services? That question was central to the international business…
Story | 28 Jul, 2017
Scientific study explores new techniques to remove oil contaminated soil in the Niger Delta
In a newly published study, the most effective way to break down hydrocarbon in oil contaminated soil in the Niger Delta has been examined. The study is a response to recommendations presented by the IUCN Niger Delta Panel.
Story | 28 Jul, 2017
Meeting of the IUCN Delegation with the Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province
Mr. Mahmood Akhtar Cheema, Country Representative, IUCN Pakistan accompanied by Dr Abdul Majeed, Water Energy and Climate Change Expert, IUCN Pakistan met with H.E. the Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Engr. Zafar Iqbal Jhagra at the Governor House Peshawar on 12 July 2017.
Story | 27 Jul, 2017
Mission possible – the structure and importance of monitoring missions
It has been approximately 3 years since I took up my post as Coordinator of the Integrated Tiger Habitat Conservation Programme (ITHCP). We currently have 11 projects underway across five Tiger Range Countries. They range from low point € 0.5 million to € 2 million and involve a large number of…
Story | 27 Jul, 2017
Chitwan-Parsa-Valmiki Complex: Corridors for the future of tigers
The foothills of the Himalayas between India and Nepal are a landscape with forests, flood plains and grasslands, the grass being often much taller than a human. It`s home to rhinos, elephants, gaurs – and an estimated 150 Tigers, possibly more. The Terai Arc Landscape is one of the prime…
Story | 27 Jul, 2017
High hopes for the Mountain Tigers of Bhutan
Listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ since 1969 and despite over 4 decades of global conservation efforts, tigers continue to be threatened with extinction to this very day. Human induced changes have reduced the tiger's historical range to about 7% in which a little…