Blog | 28 Sep, 2021
Radical collaboration and other reflections on the IUCN CEO Summit
Following the first-ever CEO Summit at the IUCN World Conservation Congress earlier this month, Gerard Bos, Director of IUCN’s Business and Biodiversity Programme, presented some of the highlights and reflections to the Members’ Assembly in…
Story | 28 Sep, 2021
In the lead up to the IUCN World Conservation Congress, the Council admitted 27 new Members.
Story | 28 Sep, 2021
IUCN Oceania Councillors elected at IUCN Congress
IUCN Oceania congratulates Lolita Gibbons-Decherong and Catherine Iorns on their election and Peter Cochrane for his re-election as IUCN Councillors from the Oceania region covering Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Island countries.
Story | 28 Sep, 2021
New biodiversity survey highlights the species diversity of Ca Forest, Central Vietnam
In March 2021, the Asian Turtle Program conducted a two-week biodiversity survey in Ca Forest, Viet Nam. The study, supported by IUCN’s Mekong WET project, focused on tortoises and freshwater turtles, but also covered other amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and birds in…
Story | 27 Sep, 2021
Viet Nam should save the Sekong – for its own benefit
Covid travel restrictions mean that for the past 18 months or so there have been fewer eyes and ears reporting on environmental conditions in the region. This may explain why we failed to spot that the state-owned construction company Song Da 6 has…
Story | 24 Sep, 2021
The judiciary, a partner to tackle illegal wildlife trade
Illegal trade in wildlife is a growing business evolving into a multi-billion-dollar industry with sophisticated criminal networks, unlawful poaching, harvesting and trading animals and plants. Major contributing factors are persistent gaps and weaknesses in legislation coupled with poor…
Story | 24 Sep, 2021
Adapting to Salinity in the Southern Indus Basin project launched in Karachi
The launch of the ‘Adapting to Salinity in the Southern Indus Basin (ASSIB’) project, funded by the Australian government through the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), took place at a local hotel in Karachi today by way of a stakeholder inception workshop…
Story | 23 Sep, 2021
Deep in the exhibition hall of the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Marseille, the focus at the Nature-based Solutions (NbS) and Ecosystem Restoration pavilion was on the potential of NbS in solving societal challenges. This was highlighted by the launch of the…
Story | 23 Sep, 2021
Water Governance for Climate Resilient Food Systems
To mark the 2021 United Nations Food Systems Summit a group of 31 globally diverse practitioners and researchers, sound a clarion call for water resilience to be brought to the forefront of building resilient and sustainable food systems that can…
Story | 22 Sep, 2021
Encouraging commitment for Lake Ohrid re-proclamation
Mayors of Ohrid, Struga and Debarca officially agreed today on the way forward when it comes to the management of Lake Ohrid in North Macedonia, the oldest and one of the most biodiversity rich lakes in Europe. By signing a joint statement, they committed to support the re-proclamation of Lake…