Blog | 01 Jun, 2017
Value chains for sustainable and inclusive development in Mozambique
Blog by Maria Ana Borges --
My recent trip to Mozambique for the SUSTAIN-Africa Initiative included consultation and engagement with small and big businesses. During these discussions, we often talked about the challenging economic conditions for businesses operating in Mozambique.…
Story | 01 Jun, 2017
Towards a solid ‘Mediterranean Wetlands Alliance’
After a first workshop held in October 2016, in which participants discussed the potential need, added value and main focus of the creation of a possible Mediterranean Wetlands Alliance. Malaga is hosting the second Mediterranean Wetlands Alliance Meeting on June 1st, 2017.
IUCN Statement | 01 Jun, 2017
Urgent action needed as climate change and plastics choke the ocean – IUCN
Gland, Switzerland, 1 June 2017 (IUCN) – Ahead of the United Nations Ocean Conference to support the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14 (Life below water), IUCN calls for urgent action on climate change and marine plastic pollution to conserve the ocean and help ensure global food…
Story | 01 Jun, 2017
Malta, 31 May 2017 – Representatives of European Member States, the European Commission marine specialists and stakeholders convened with IUCN and the Environment & Resources Authority - on behalf of the Maltese Presidency of the Council of the EU - to discuss the protection of European seas…
Story | 01 Jun, 2017
Two more IUCN grantees recognised at the Whitley Awards 2017
Two more IUCN grantees have been recognised for their innovative leadership in protecting threatened species by the Whitley Fund for Nature in 2017.
Story | 30 May, 2017
Improving waste management in Toul Toueng Commune, Cambodia
To address a growing waste management problem in Cambodia, Mangroves for the Future (MFF) funded a project implemented by the Center for Biodiversity Conservation (CBC) of the Royal University of Phnom Penh that has helped reduce the proliferation of solid waste and mitigate marine ecosystem…
Story | 30 May, 2017
Tanguar Haor: A wetland in the hands of the people
After almost a century of exclusive ownership by wealthy elites, Tanguar Haor is finally back in the hands of the people who rely on it. A 10-year initiative of the government of Bangladesh, supported by IUCN and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, has recently drawn to a close.…
Story | 29 May, 2017
Communication, forests and climate change will be discussed in Malaga
Malaga hosts the annual meeting of the European Forest Communicators Network.
Publication | 2017
The shark and ray trade in Singapore
Singapore is known to play a major role in the global trade and consumption in shark and ray parts, though a country-specific analysis has not been conducted recently. Based on this, TRAFFIC and WWF undertook an exercise to understand the scale of this trade involving Singapore, and the role it…
Story | 29 May, 2017
IUCN Pakistan under its Mangroves for the Future (MFF) Programme organized a two-day training workshop and seminar in collaboration with HEJ/ International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS) on "Eco-Disaster Risk Reduction and Ecosystem-based Adaptation to Climate Change from 24…