Story | 05 Apr, 2019
Modern food systems and family farming
One in five people are family farmers. That’s a lot of people with tremendous collective power to influence productive systems and the environment. As they organise, they bring to life the intentions of the UN Decade on Family Farming (2019-2028), which just kicked…
Story | 02 Apr, 2019
International Women's Day 2019
International Women's Day is celebrated annually on March 8. International Women's Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women - while also marking a call to action for accelerating gender balance.
Story | 02 Apr, 2019
Biodiversity in Cambodia: protecting water birds, creating strong riverine communities
The Sesan, Sekong and Sre Pok (3S) rivers of Cambodia, Lao PDR and Viet Nam together form the largest and most important transboundary watersheds and tributaries to the Mekong River. Aside from providing food and livelihoods to over three million people living…
Story | 01 Apr, 2019
This is the fourth in a series of interviews with Natura 2000 experts as part of the LIFE Green List for N2K project. In this interview, Thierry Lefebvre, the programme officer on protected areas of the IUCN French Committee, shares his optimism and hope towards the benefits of the pilot project…
Story | 31 Mar, 2019
IUCN welcomes the Kingdom of Bahrain as new State Member
IUCN ROWA looks forward to a mutually rewarding cooperation between the Kingdom of Bahrain Government and the Regional Office
Speech | 26 Mar, 2019
Nature – The Fertile Ground for Geopolitics and Sustainable Development
IUCN Director General Inger Andersen's speech to the WildCRU Conservation Geopolitics Forum, Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre, Worcester College, Oxford, United Kingdom, 19 March, 2019
Story | 26 Mar, 2019
42 new projects run by young North African conservation associations are ready to go
During its 2nd phase 2018-2021, the Small Initiatives Program for Civil Society Organizations of North Africa (PPI-OSCAN-2), will accompany 42 associations in Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia in carrying out innovative field projects dedicated to species and ecosystems conservation, co-…
Story | 26 Mar, 2019
Acknowledging concerns around the legal and institutional frameworks governing mangroves, the Save Our Mangroves Now!
Story | 26 Mar, 2019
IUCN Oceania HR Officer graduates from USP
It was a proud moment for Jignasha Hansji, IUCN Oceania Human Resources who graduated with a Master’s degree in Commerce majoring in Management and Public Administration at the University of the South Pacific (USP) graduation ceremony on March 22…
Press release | 25 Mar, 2019
Belo Horizonte, 25 March 2019 (IUCN) - The Rio Doce Panel, an independent panel of experts coordinated by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to advise the Renova Foundation on the recovery efforts of the Rio Doce Basin,…