Story | 18 Oct, 2017
MFF holds 14th Regional Steering Committee Meeting in Myanmar
The IUCN and UNDP regional coastal initiative Mangroves for the Future (MFF) held its 14th Steering Committee meeting in Yangon to assess achievements over the past year and discuss the programme's sustainability beyond 2018.
Story | 17 Oct, 2017
Global conference: Communities, Conservation & Livelihoods, May 2018
CEESP News - by the Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP) and the CommunityConservation Research Network (CCRN)
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)’s Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP) and the Community…
Story | 17 Oct, 2017
Engaging energy companies in biodiversity protection: A case from Bangladesh
North-West Power Generation Company Limited (NWPGCL) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have come together to work with IUCN on an environmental impact assessment (EIA) for a proposed power plant project at the confluence of the Bhairab-Atai-Rupsha river…
Story | 17 Oct, 2017
IUCN and Bulgaria engage in dialogue for preparing the country's EU-Presidency in 2018
The IUCN Regional Director for Europe visited Bulgaria in early October 2017 for a policy dialogue with members of the country's legislative and executive powers and to engage with IUCN members WWF Bulgaria and Bulgarian Biodiversity Foundation.
Story | 17 Oct, 2017
Mobilizing Public-Private-Community partnerships to save Kelani River: Wattala Division
As part of the operationalizing of the Kelani River Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Approach), IUCN partnered with Brandix Limited (www.brandix.lk) to promote Public-Private-Community Partnerships (PPCPs) to conserve the Kelani River Basin. The second…
Story | 17 Oct, 2017
From Kelani River Basin to Kalu Ganga River Basin
Based on the success of bringing different stakeholder groups together for river basin management and conservation in the Kelani River Basin through the Kelani River Multi-Stakeholder Partnership (KRMP, where IUCN played a key role in developing the strategy and management approach (…
Story | 16 Oct, 2017
Advanced course on degraded drylands restoration and on desertification processes monitoring
The International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM) of Zaragoza, in collaboration with the International Union for Conservation of Nature - Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation (IUCN-Med), the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA),…
Story | 16 Oct, 2017
Learning in conservation - "Failure’s learning opportunity" survey
CEESP News - Allison Catalano, PhD Candidate, Imperial College London
Allison Catalano is seeking conservation professionals to complete a survey (https://imperial.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3fu9XHzy5YKsbvD) by 31 January 2018.
She describes the work as follows: “For people who…
Story | 16 Oct, 2017
Partnerships for integrated monitoring of coastal ecosystems in the Caribbean
CEESP News - by Maria Pena, Patrick McConney, Sherry Constantine and Lucie Labbouz
Integration of socio-economic data into monitoring of coastal ecosystems, particularly coral reefs, is a relatively recent phenomenon under development in the Caribbean region. SocMon Caribbean…
Story | 16 Oct, 2017
The team behind Netflix's Chasing Coral is on a mission
CEESP News - by Dillon Ripley Lanius
From the makers of Chasing Ice comes the Netflix Original Documentary Chasing Coral. The story of divers, scientists and photographers from around the world who mount an epic underwater campaign to document the disappearance of coral reefs and reveal…