Story | 05 Dec, 2016
Biodiversity Sri Lanka (BSL) is a private sector platform with more than 60 companies. Established in with the support of Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC), IUCN and Dilmah Conservation, BSL is focusing on national priorities that would set higher standards for Sri Lanka’s private sector on…
Story | 05 Dec, 2016
IUCN Sri Lanka Add Value to the National Environmental Exhibition
Organized by the Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment, Sri Lanka NEXT: "A Blue - Green Era" Conference and Exhibition was held at the BMICH, Colombo from 17-19 October 2016. The goal was to promote sustainable development in Sri Lanka through blue and green economic initiatives.
Story | 04 Dec, 2016
The 2016 regional assessment of the Mediterranean Sea, which includes 73 species of sharks, rays and chimaeras, calls for urgent action to conserve their populations and habitats.
Story | 04 Dec, 2016
IUCN welcomes New Zealand leadership on invasive species
Today, IUCN welcomed New Zealand’s announcement that it will take a leadership role to work with partners in other countries to increase global efforts to control and eradicate invasive species.
Story | 04 Dec, 2016
STATEMENT: Brazil Announces Goal of Restoring 22 Million Hectares of Degraded Land by 2030
CANCÚN (December 3, 2016) –Today, Brazil’s Ministries of Agriculture and the Environment announced their intent to restore and promote sustainable agriculture…
Story | 03 Dec, 2016
Today, the government of Brazil committed to restoring 12 million hectares of deforested land under the Bonn Challenge, joining 38 other countries, associations and companies in the global restoration effort.
Publication | 2016
With the increasing threats that disasters present there is an urgent need to prioritise proactive disaster risk reduction over reacting to disaster events. The ecosystem approach for disaster risk reduction (Eco-DRR) is a key element of such preventive measures but still remains underdeveloped…
Story | 02 Dec, 2016
Tackling wildlife trafficking through the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Recognising the significant and detrimental economic, environmental, security-related, and social impacts of the illegal trade in wildlife, 42 countries adopted the Hanoi Statement on Illegal Wildlife Trade on 17 November 2016. The Statement that was adopted at the Hanoi Conference on illegal…
Story | 01 Dec, 2016
Forests on the agenda at Convention on Biological Diversity COP13
IUCN will take part in the Thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP13) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Cancun, Mexico from 4 - 17 December 2016. Forests are high on the agenda, as one of the four main focus areas from the CBD.