Story | 11 May, 2017
Indonesia hosts first Asia regional high-level event on restoration and the Bonn Challenge
The first Asia Bonn Challenge High-Level Roundtable Meeting was held on May 9-10, 2017 in Palembang, South Sumatra.
Led by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry of the Republic of Indonesia and the Government of South Sumatra, in cooperation with IUCN, the two-day meeting will be…
Story | 10 May, 2017
Four countries have made restoration pledges to the Bonn Challenge – totaling 1.65 million hectares – at the first Asia Bonn Challenge High-level Roundtable in South Sumatra.
Story | 10 May, 2017
Next steps for carbon accounting from coastal “blue carbon” ecosystems
IUCN and partners issue additional technical considerations to the 2013 IPCC Wetlands Supplement during the Bonn Climate Change Conference taking place from 8 - 18 May, 2017.
Story | 10 May, 2017
Mr. Mahmood Akhtar Cheema, IUCN Pakistan Country Representative was invited by Brig. Syed Akhtar Hussain Shah Director General, Kashmir Institute of Management, Muzaffarabad, Azad Jammu & Kashmir to conduct a panel discussion at the Kashmir Institute of Management on May 04, 2017 during the…
Story | 09 May, 2017
Anantara Peace Haven -Tangalle Resort and IUCN to support sea turtle conservation
Anantara Peace Haven – Tangalle Resort, Sri Lanka’s top-ranked luxury resort and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) joined hands to support sea turtle conservation in Sri Lanka.
Story | 08 May, 2017
More than 70 participants of the 37 emerging civil society organizations (CSOs) from four North African countries (Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia) met in Tunis from May 9th to 11th 2017, to attend the Regional Restitution Workshop of the Small Scale Initiatives for Civil Society…
Jointly published | 2017
Baseline assessment of coral reefs of North Ari : 2015 Expedition
Baseline assessment of coral reefs of North Ari is the first study to investigate spatial variation in reef condition within the context of different human pressures in one atoll in the Maldives. Specifically, this study aimed to investigate whether and how coral reef condition (fish biomass,…
Story | 08 May, 2017
On March 31, IUCN organised a symposium at the Yezin Agricultural University together with the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Irrigation (MOALI) and the IUCN Task Force on Systemic Pesticides.