Story | 24 Jan, 2019
Transforming indigenous women’s lives through coffee and community in Bolivia
CEESP News - by Lydia Cardona, Conflict Resolution and Peace Manager, Conservation International
Story | 23 Jan, 2019
By Anemoon Soete - At the end of 2015, a court of first instance in the Hague declared the Dutch policy to mitigate climate change inducing emissions not fit for purpose and lacking a sense of reality. As a result, the court of first instance ordered the government to adjust its policy to…
Story | 23 Jan, 2019
Increasing Resilience for Flood and Drought Affected Areas through a Community Designed Action Plan
A workshop to gather inputs related to real-time experience of the community, their behavioural patterns and requirements during extreme flood and drought conditions was conducted on 11 February 2019 at the "Kithulgalwila Seemamalaka Viharaya" in Bulathsinhala.
Story | 22 Jan, 2019
Traditional Knowledge key in achieving Africa’s climate goals
CEESP News - by Kanyinke Sena, co-chair of Specialist Group on Indigenous Peoples, Customary and Environmental Law, and Human Rights
Annual reports | 2018
IUCN 2017 : Eastern Europe and Central Asia Regional Office annual report 2017
Crossroads blog | 22 Jan, 2019
Nature: A global fix for global risks
At a time when environmental threats to humanity loom ever larger, IUCN stands as the organisation to fully harness the power of nature in addressing the challenges we face – and to guide the world towards the vision set out in the Sustainable Development Goals, writes IUCN Director General…
Story | 21 Jan, 2019
Marine plastic pollution: A global issue with national and local solutions
In November 2018, IUCN co-chaired a roundtable on Marine Plastic Pollution: A global issue with national and local solutions at the PEMSEA East Asian Seas (EAS) Congress held in Iloilo, the Philippines.
Story | 21 Jan, 2019
The first Advisory Committee for the Thailand Bio-Diversity Network Alliance (B-DNA) was held on January 17 at the IUCN Asia in Bangkok, Thailand.
Story | 20 Jan, 2019
Nature as a solution to respond to climate change challenges
Researchers, practitioners and policymakers from the Mediterranean region and the European Union are meeting to discuss the benefits and challenges of implementing Nature-Based…
Story | 18 Jan, 2019
A year in images: BIOPAMA 2018
In 2018, the BIOPAMA programme engaged with a significant number of stakeholders to ensure that BIOPAMA’s activities support the needs of the countries and their actors, as well as assist them in achieving their conservation objectives and international commitments.