Story | 22 Sep, 2016
Ha'apai hosts the first ever national workshop on Special Management Areas (SMAs) in Tonga
The first ever national workshop on Special Management Areas (SMAs) was opened on Wednesday 14 October by the Governor of Ha’apai District, Mo’ale Finau. In his opening remarks, Governor Finau stressed that that the whole of Tonga need to embrace the SMA programme in order to preserve all marine…
Story | 22 Sep, 2016
Spatial planning and evidence of the economic benefits of marine and coastal biodiversity can strengthen the management of these vital ecosystems. We are working with partners to undertake this work in selected Pacific Island countries.
Story | 22 Sep, 2016
Pacific Islands show global leadership in oceans
The Pacific islands are united by their relationship with the world’s largest ocean – and by the global threat of the climate crisis which brings with it rising sea levels, saltwater intrusion, coastal inundation, increases in sea surface temperature and ocean acidification. This, plus…
Story | 22 Sep, 2016
Pacific representatives at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Honolulu, Hawai’i stressed the need for the reforestation of degraded forest land in Pacific Island countries.
Story | 21 Sep, 2016
Outcomes from Pacific Ocean Summit and IUCN World Conservation congress
Pacific Islands continue leadership on Oceans, call on Pacific Rim leaders to join a 2030 Pacific Ocean Partnership.
Story | 21 Sep, 2016
Thailand: Collaborating to capitalise on communications efforts in UN-REDD
In August, IUCN Asia participated in a regional communications workshop organised by UN-REDD Programme in Bangkok, Thailand. The workshop aimed at providing UN-REDD Communications Officers and communications representatives from other organisations such as WWF, UNDP, RECOFT and…
Story | 21 Sep, 2016
In this second part of a two-part blog series, George Akwah Neba, IUCN’s REDD+ Programme Officer, continues his discussion on secured livelihoods as a critical dimension of the rights-based approach and pro-poor oriented frameworks for REDD+.
Story | 20 Sep, 2016
BEST, standing for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Territories of European overseas, was under the spotlight at the IUCN 2016 congress…
Story | 20 Sep, 2016
Conserving the natural wealth of the Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspot
The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) in the Indo-Burma region continues to gather momentum with the launch of two new calls for proposals, the organisation of capacity building events and discussions on the grant-making mechanism’s plans for the future.
Story | 20 Sep, 2016
Secured livelihoods are a critical dimension of the rights-based approach and pro-poor oriented frameworks for REDD+. In this first part of a two-part blog series, George Akwah Neba, IUCN’s REDD+ Programme Officer, shares his thoughts on these initiatives.