Story | 07 May, 2021
Filling the Gaps in the Global Governance of Marine Plastic Pollution
By Hiroko Muraki Gottlieb - Effective responses to marine plastic pollution will require unwavering commitments by all stakeholders to change their behavior. What is the best way forward?
Story | 07 May, 2021
An Interview with Entomologist Ana Grkovic
This is the sixth in a series of interviews with the network of Hoverfly Experts involved in developing the IUCN’s European Red List (ERL) of Hoverflies. The project aims to assess the extinction risk of hoverfly species across Europe, and will contribute to guiding decisions and conservation…
Story | 07 May, 2021
Developing the ‘Ramsar Label’ – adding value to wetland products, and increasing local resilience
With the goal of elevating the market value of wetland products and encouraging the protection of wetland ecosystems, researchers from Can Tho University, in collaboration with the staff of U Minh Thuong National Park and Ramsar Site, organised training
Story | 07 May, 2021
Working closely with ten organisations in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal, the Building River Dialogue and Governance for Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna river basins (BRIDGE GBM) project, facilitated by IUCN, has…
Story | 06 May, 2021
Businesses consultation discusses draft decree on Extended Producer Responsibility
On December 18th 2020, IUCN, in collaboration Department of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) held a consultation workshop to get feedback on the draft decree of the newly established Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for…
Publication | 2021
Red colobus (Piliocolobus) conservation action plan 2021-2026
Ranging from forests in Senegal to the Zanzibar Archipelago, red colobus monkeys (Piliocolobus spp.) are the most threatened group of African monkeys. According to the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM in 2020, every form of red colobus monkey is threatened with extinction, and 14 of the 18…
Grey literature | 2021
Mainstreaming biodiversity conservation in Lebanon
Although all coastal development projects in Lebanon typically require an environmental impact assessment (EIA), biodiversity has rarely been given specific or appropriate consideration in the EIA process. The objective of this report is to present guidelines that specifically address…
Story | 03 May, 2021
The IUCN SSC Network welcoming the Fungal Conservation Committee
The Species Survival Commission (SSC) of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has recently created the IUCN SSC Fungal Conservation Committee. This Committee includes members with different proficiency within this scientific community gathering expertise from all around the…
Story | 02 May, 2021
Celebrate Arbor Day and plant a tree!
Arbor Day is a special day observed all around the world to increase awareness about trees and the vital role they have on our climate. Arbor Day, like all other conservation commemorative days, honour the natural environment.
Story | 30 Apr, 2021
IUCN Bangladesh has initiated a project supported by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) titled as “Building Resilience to Landslides through Land Stabilization, Promotion of Alternative Livelihoods and the Early Warning Systems in Cox’s Bazar District”. As part of…