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.
Story | 01 Dec, 2016
A Best Project Sustainability Award to HSBC-IUCN Partnership Project
The ‘Best Corporate Citizen Sustainability Award” organized by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce involve a separate category for “Sustainable Projects” conducted outside the core business of the companies.
Story | 01 Dec, 2016
Sri Lanka became the 10th country in Asia Protected Area Partnership (APAP)
Asia Protected Areas Partnership (APAP) was designed as a key platform to help governments and other stakeholders collaborate for more effective management of protected areas in the region. APAP is supported by IUCN and Government of Japan. Two Sri Lankan Conservation Agencies Joined APAP making…
Story | 30 Nov, 2016
Combined effort amplifies restoration in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest
In a new article published in World Development Perspectives, “Governance innovations from a multi-stakeholder coalition to implement large-scale Forest Restoration in Brazil,” the authors explore how bringing together the efforts of 270 groups made a stronger impact on forest landscape…
Story | 30 Nov, 2016
Pacific Centre for Social Responsibility and Natural Resources workshop
Representatives from Pacific governments and non-governmental organisations gathered in Suva, Fiji from 14-15 November for the Pacific Centre for Social Responsibility and Natural Resources (PacSen) workshop.