Story | 19 Jun, 2024
Endashaw Mogessie, director of the Population, Health and Environment Ethiopia Consortium, explains how traditional indigenous governance has helped a once-unwanted protected area thrive.
Story | 19 Jun, 2024
Under the Pole explains its work to explore and protect the uncharted parts of our oceans.
Story | 19 Jun, 2024
Marine protector and IUCN Patron of Nature Dr Sylvia Earle on how she still spends every waking hour trying to make a difference.
Story | 06 Jun, 2024
BIOPAMA-established and supported Regional Observatories’ role in the GBF implementation recognised
The Convention on Biological Diversity's (CBD) regional and/or subregional centres of the technical and scientific cooperation centres were established at the 15th CBD COP as mechanism to assist in the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and the work of the…
Story | 19 Jun, 2024
Dr Grethel Agular reflects on her first months as Director General of IUCN and looks forward to the future.
DG Statement | 05 Jun, 2024
IUCN Director General’s Statement for World Environment Day 2024
Civilisation as we know it began thousands of years ago when humans coaxed the first crops from the soil. However, since the birth of agriculture, our relationship with the earth beneath our feet has changed from one of respect to one of exploitation.
Story | 05 Jun, 2024
Using the IUCN Green List to strengthen transboundary protected area management
On 29-31 May 2024, with support from the USAID Biodiversity Conservation Activity (BCA) and GIZ Laos (ProFEB), IUCN and GIZ organized a workshop in Dong Hoi, Quang Binh Province with participants from Phong Nha-Ke Bang (PN-KB) WHS in Viet Nam and Hin Nam No (HNN) National Park in Lao PDR.…
Story | 05 Jun, 2024
Identifying opportunities to apply IUCN Green List Standard to marine conservation in India
A National Consultative Workshop on Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystems (BOBLME) Project Phase II was held on 21-23 March 2024 in Chennai, India, with 85 participants, including representatives from the Department of Fisheries (DoF), the Ministry of Environment, and Forest and Climate Ch
Story | 04 Jun, 2024
For Ineet Nicky, CBD National Focal Point for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), “The dialogue on updating National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) is a great opportunity to take stock of what has already been achieved, and to look ahead to the next stages up to COP16,…
Blog | 03 Jun, 2024
IUCN, Enabel, EU, and Ministry of Environment Host Second National Agroforestry Conference in Rwanda
The Ministry of Environment in collaboration with the European Union Delegation to Rwanda, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the Belgian development agency (Enabel), and the International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF), along with the Universities of…