Story | 21 Dec, 2017
Nature-based Solutions for flood prevention in SEE
A three-day practical workshop on “Nature-based Solutions (NbS) for Flood Prevention in South-Eastern Europe”, organized jointly by the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) and the Regional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia of the International Union for Conservation of…
Story | 21 Dec, 2017
Supporting cacao production and restoration in Brazil
Using cacao agroforestry systems to restore the Brazilian rainforest while improving livelihoods and producing deforestation-free commodities in Brazil. A blog by Rodrigo Mauro Freire of The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and Salome Begeladze of IUCN.
Story | 21 Dec, 2017
The Western Indian Ocean Network on Invasive Species (WIONIS), supported by IUCN, has launched a new website to facilitate information exchange about invasive species.
Story | 20 Dec, 2017
Third update in 2017 of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species is announced in Tokyo, Japan
IUCN revealed the conservation status of Japanese and global species at a press conference in Tokyo on 5th December, 2017 to a full house of Japanese and international media correspondents. Many of the new assessments have been possible thanks to a strategic five-year partnership between IUCN…
Story | 20 Dec, 2017
IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, informed key decisions to help combat illegal trade in wildlife at the 69th meeting of the Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). The meeting was held in Geneva,…
Story | 20 Dec, 2017
Empowering communities through cooking stoves
Returning to assess the impacts and benefits of the cook stoves provided by its Small Grants Initiatives project, IUCN’s Climate Change Mitigation and Risk Reduction (CCMRR) programme team carried out their final wrap-up visit at Nakalawaca village in Tailevu, Fiji on 20 November.
Story | 20 Dec, 2017
Oceania and Climate Change: Perspectives from the Blue Continent
The side event, “Oceania and Climate Change: Perspectives from the Blue Continent,” took place on Wednesday, 15 November 2017, during the Fiji / Bonn Climate Change Conference (COP23) at the IUCN pavilion. It was organized by the IUCN Oceania regional office (ORO).
Grey literature | 2017
Multi-species action plan to conserve African-Eurasian vultures
Vultures are a characteristic, distinctive and spectacular component of the biodiversity of the environments they inhabit. They also provide critically important ecosystem services by cleaning up carcasses and other organic waste in the environment. The IUCN Red List status of African-Eurasian…
Story | 19 Dec, 2017
IUCN launches first Bonn Challenge Barometer report highlighting restoration progress
19 December 2017— The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) released the Barometer Spotlight Report 2017 that details the progress Brazil, Mexico, El Salvador, Rwanda and the United States are making in bringing degraded and deforested landscapes into restoration. It is the first…