Publication | 2019
Second Bonn Challenge progress report
In 2011, the government of Germany and IUCN together launched the Bonn Challenge as a global commitment to bring under restoration 150 million hectares (Mha) of land by 2020. IUCN has developed the Bonn Challenge Barometer: a progress-tracking framework and tool to support pledgers in meeting…
Story | 26 Jun, 2019
Legal and political analysis: what experts are saying about laws that tackle plastic pollution
Most countries around the world agree there is a plastic pollution problem, but what have national governments been doing about it? Legal experts from Thailand, Vietnam, South Africa, Mozambique and Kenya recently came together to investigate this…
Crossroads blog | 25 Jun, 2019
Putting sport and nature on the same team
For most sports, nature is the ‘stadium’ and the foundation. Athletes need healthy food, clean air and water and a stable climate. While sport is often rooted in the outdoor environment, many are unaware of the value of nature to their sport and also the impact of sport on nature, particularly…
Story | 22 Jun, 2019
Swedish Crown Princess visits Viet Nam, country struggling with plastic pollution
Sweden’s relationship with Viet Nam goes back 50 years. Viet Nam is one of the top five countries with mismanaged waste ending up in the ocean, so it is not surprising that Sweden’s Crown Princess Victoria is especially concerned about plastic…
Story | 17 Jun, 2019
Peer-to-peer learning: Indigenous peoples share solutions
Forty-two representatives of indigenous organisations from around the world recently met in Tecpan, Guatemala to share experiences and learn from one another on environmental, business and social issues – taking another step toward a common understanding.
Story | 17 Jun, 2019
Six years of conservation progress in Indo-Burma Biodiversity Hotspot
More than 100 conservation and development practitioners attended the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) Phase II Final Assessment Workshop, held from 28 to 30 May in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
Story | 16 Jun, 2019
اللواء البزايعة كرم الشاعر بدرع تقديرية
ضمن جولات المدير الاقليمي للاتحاد الدولي لحماية الطبيعة الدكتور هاني الشاعر التي تمت بتاريخ 13/06/2019؛ تم الاجتماع بعطوفة المدير العام للدفاع المدني عطوفة اللواء مصطفى البزايعة .
Press release | 12 Jun, 2019
Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil, 12 June 2019 (IUCN) – New recommendations aimed at supporting the decision-making process regarding the three-year Rio Doce fishing ban and enhancing fishery recovery efforts in the basin and adjacent coastal zone were released today by the IUCN-led independent panel…
Story | 10 Jun, 2019
CCAD presents award to Grethel Aguilar for her track record in the region
The Central American Commission for Environment and Development (known in Spanish as CCAD) presented Dr Grethel Aguilar with an award for her track record as Region
Story | 07 Jun, 2019
Launch of comic book: “THE POSEIDON PATROL – The Reef Riders”
In celebration of World Oceans Day on June 8, Comics Uniting Nations, in collaboration with IUCN, the French Ministry in charge of the Overseas Territories, the International Coral Reef Initiative, Gallifrey Foundation, UNICEF, The World’s Largest Lesson and PCI…