Story | 04 Apr, 2017
Second APAP workshop: Collaborative management of protected areas emphasised
The importance of collaborative protected area management through active stakeholder engagement took centre stage at the second Asia Protected Areas Partnership (APAP) workshop held in Hakone, Japan from 13-15 February 2017.
Story | 03 Apr, 2017
High-level action event: climate change and the Sustainable Development Agenda
IUCN participated in the High-Level Action Event: Climate Change and the Sustainable Development Agenda that took place in the UN Headquarters on March 23-24, 2017.
Story | 03 Apr, 2017
First meeting for the identification of vulnerable marine ecosystems of the Mediterranean
Experts will examine how to protect cold-water corals, sponges, seamounts and submarine canyons and their interaction with deep-sea fishing.
Story | 03 Apr, 2017
Experts call for more collaboration and investment in biodiversity monitoring
More investment in on-the-ground monitoring of biodiversity is needed to produce data that can improve environmental decision making and conservation action, according to a letter published in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment by scientists representing 12 organisations that…
Grey literature | 2017
Gender-responsive restoration guidelines
The Restoration Opportunities Assessment Methodology (ROAM) was developed by IUCN and the World Resources Institute (WRI) to assist countries in identifying opportunities for forest landscape restoration (FLR), analysing priority areas at a national or sub-national level, and designing and…
Press release | 03 Apr, 2017
Enhancing regional cooperation to protect and restore Indo-Burma wetlands
The importance of regional cooperation took centre stage at the first Steering Committee meeting and inception workshop for the Indo-Burma Ramsar Regional Initiative (IBRRI), held on 29 and 30 March in Bangkok, Thailand.
Story | 31 Mar, 2017
Tapping into the potential of Colombia's degraded landscapes
In Colombia, the restoration of degraded landscapes is presenting new livelihood opportunities for internally displaced people affected by years of conflict. IUCN and the Alexander von Humboldt Biological Resources Research Institute are working with the government to operationalise its one…
Story | 31 Mar, 2017
Kicking off the debate on the future of European nature post 2020
On 23 March 2017, the Dutch Agency for Environmental Assessment (PBL) hosted an event to launch their Nature Outlook report: “European nature in the plural: Finding common ground for a next policy agenda” in Brussels, Belgium
Story | 31 Mar, 2017
Aquaculture and Marine Protected Areas Report
Exploring Potential Opportunities and Synergies