Story | 04 Feb, 2021
MedBycatch 2 - Working together to reduce bycatch in the Mediterranean
Based on the experience gained in Morocco, Tunisia and Turkey during the Medbycatch phase 1 (2017-2020), MedBycatch 2 will expand the geographical scope of the project to include Croatia and Italy France and Spain will also be included in policy and advocacy activities.
Story | 03 Feb, 2021
IUCN CEESP Virtual Dialogues to #BuildBackBetter
Faced with the deteriorating situation of environmental human rights defenders during the pandemic, how can the conservation community respond more effectively? Specifically, how can the IUCN Secretariat, membership networks and partner…
Story | 03 Feb, 2021
In 2020 and within the framework of the Plastic Waste Free Islands project, Searious Business consultants collaborated with the IUCN and Asia Pacific Waste Consultants (APWC) to determine the plastic waste pathways across the life cycle of different plastic types within the tourism, fisheries…
Story | 03 Feb, 2021
IUCN supports a number of local level circular economy initiatives as part of its Marine Plastics and Coastal Communities project (MARPLASTICCs), aimed at reducing the amount of plastic waste that leaks into the marine environment. The initiatives have produced some positive results in the past…
Story | 03 Feb, 2021
Nature's Future, Our Future - The World Speaks
The IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas has compiled the voices of a range of global organisations and world leaders on the importance of protecting and conserving nature amidst the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. As the result of a global pandemic, we are witnessing an unprecedented…
Story | 02 Feb, 2021
Wetlands – natural infrastructure managing water for free in the Indo-Burma region
On 2 February 2021, communities and organisations throughout the world will celebrate World Wetlands Day, with the theme Water, Wetlands and Life. The events acknowledge the importance of wetlands and their multiple ecosystem services, including the…
Crossroads blog | 01 Feb, 2021
Why the global water crisis needs local solutions
Water security is under threat as competing socio-economic and environmental priorities make sustainably managing this finite resource difficult. Some suggest applying the global principles of climate change mitigation, but volumetric targets or offsets ignore the regional factors that drive the…
Story | 01 Feb, 2021
IUCN Green List tour in the lands of the pyramids
Near the World Heritage and Green Listed site Wadi Al-Hitan, in Fayoum, one of the oldest cities in Egypt, an IUCN Green List orientation workshop was organised by the IUCN Regional Office for West Asia, in collaboration with the Nature Conservation Sector of the Ministry of Environment, on 26-…
Story | 01 Feb, 2021
IUCN Green List featured in French strategy to protect 30% of natural areas by 2030
January 2021 saw France launch its 'National Strategy for Protected Areas 2030', which aims to protect 30% of natural areas in metropolitan and overseas territories in the next decade, of which 10% is to be under enhanced protection
Story | 01 Feb, 2021
Paving the road to the green economic development in the Buna Delta
IUCN and Living Buna partners are encouraging sustainable socio-economic development in north Albania, by focusing on the ecosystem and habitat restoration through the community based actions, in an area of 23,000 ha of the Buna Delta.