Blog | 30 Apr, 2018
Blog: World Water Forum 8 - Insights from a newcomer
By Pelle Bagesund - As a participant at the World Water Forum I was most interested in presentations related to ecosystem valuation and payment for ecosystem services (PES).
Story | 30 Apr, 2018
Aditya Birla Group and Ultratech Cement launch Corporate Biodiversity Policy with IUCN’s support
The Aditya Birla Group (ABG) launched a group-wide Corporate Biodiversity Policy on 23 April 2018 with a commitment to achieve No Net Loss of Biodiversity at their areas of operation. Following their lead, Ultratech Cement Ltd (an ABG Company) also launched their Corporate Biodiversity Policy on…
Story | 28 Apr, 2018
IUCN Viet Nam and Hon Cau MPA are pleased to announce the call for marine turtle conservation volunteer programme 2018 in Hon Cau MPA, Binh Thuan Province.
Annual reports | 2018
IUCN 2017 : Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean Regional Office annual report 2017
Story | 25 Apr, 2018
Goascorán, Honduras, April 2018. “The water binational coordination has been very positive. The Sumpul Binational Committee has achieved improve the relationships between the communities of Honduras and El…
Story | 25 Apr, 2018
Uttarakhand State validates restoration opportunities and priorities identified using ROAM framework
In India, IUCN is piloting a study in the state of Uttarakhand, in partnership with G.B. Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment and Sustainable Development (GBPNIHESD) to assess opportunities for restoration within the state using the ROAM framework. On 8th March, 2018, a State…
Story | 25 Apr, 2018
The ELC conducted a technical meeting at the IUCN-Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO) in Nairobi, Kenya from the 26th-27th March 2018. The main agenda of the meeting was to identify potential partners from various organisations in Africa who are involved in wildlife crime case…
Story | 24 Apr, 2018
IUCN Congress journey still gathering pace in 2018 with nature-culture symposium
The thematic journey on Nature-Culture, or Culture-Nature, which started at the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2016 in Hawai‘i and continued at the ICOMOS General Assembly 2017 in New Delhi, continues to gather pace. In 2018, year of IUCN's 70th anniversary, the…
Story | 24 Apr, 2018
Where tropical forest governance meets the ‘Beast from the East’
A blog by Dr. Emmanuel O. Nuesiri, international scholar and editor of a new book on responsive forest governance – a look at how forest governance has global implications for regulating climate and more.
Story | 24 Apr, 2018
CEC work and #NatureForAll were presented and discussed at the meeting of the IUCN WGNCD
IUCN WGNCD (Working Group on National Committee Development in Europe, North and Central Asia) Developing synergies among Members, Commissions and Secretariat were among the major topics at the meeting of the IUCN Working Group on National Committee Development, hosted by the IUCN National…