Story | 12 May, 2017
The Baltic Sea - the Territory of Sustainable Development
The 18th International Environmental Forum "Baltic Sea Day", which has already become a traditional event for St. Petersburg, was held on 22-23 March 2017. The main theme of the event was the relationship between sustainable development goals and environmental strategies at the global, regional…
Story | 12 May, 2017
The future of European agriculture policy in the hot seat
The European Environmental Bureau and BirdLife Europe organised the event: ‘Who will fix the broken CAP? Recipe for a Living Land’ on 11 May 2017 to examine the lessons learned from the last Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The event focused on the need for a new policy framework that considers…
Story | 11 May, 2017
Indonesia hosts first Asia regional high-level event on restoration and the Bonn Challenge
The first Asia Bonn Challenge High-Level Roundtable Meeting was held on May 9-10, 2017 in Palembang, South Sumatra.
Led by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry of the Republic of Indonesia and the Government of South Sumatra, in cooperation with IUCN, the two-day meeting will be…
Story | 10 May, 2017
Four countries have made restoration pledges to the Bonn Challenge – totaling 1.65 million hectares – at the first Asia Bonn Challenge High-level Roundtable in South Sumatra.
Story | 10 May, 2017
Next steps for carbon accounting from coastal “blue carbon” ecosystems
IUCN and partners issue additional technical considerations to the 2013 IPCC Wetlands Supplement during the Bonn Climate Change Conference taking place from 8 - 18 May, 2017.
Story | 10 May, 2017
Mr. Mahmood Akhtar Cheema, IUCN Pakistan Country Representative was invited by Brig. Syed Akhtar Hussain Shah Director General, Kashmir Institute of Management, Muzaffarabad, Azad Jammu & Kashmir to conduct a panel discussion at the Kashmir Institute of Management on May 04, 2017 during the…
Story | 09 May, 2017
Anantara Peace Haven -Tangalle Resort and IUCN to support sea turtle conservation
Anantara Peace Haven – Tangalle Resort, Sri Lanka’s top-ranked luxury resort and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) joined hands to support sea turtle conservation in Sri Lanka.
Story | 08 May, 2017
More than 70 participants of the 37 emerging civil society organizations (CSOs) from four North African countries (Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia) met in Tunis from May 9th to 11th 2017, to attend the Regional Restitution Workshop of the Small Scale Initiatives for Civil Society…
Story | 08 May, 2017
On March 31, IUCN organised a symposium at the Yezin Agricultural University together with the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Irrigation (MOALI) and the IUCN Task Force on Systemic Pesticides.
Story | 05 May, 2017
In collaboration with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), the Government of France and the Government of Australia, the Permanent Observer Mission of IUCN to the United Nations hosted a side event, entitled “Marine Protected Areas,…