Story | 07 Feb, 2022
World Wetlands Day 2022 - Message by, Mahmood Akhtar Cheema, Country Representative IUCN Pakistan
Today is the World Wetlands Day. The theme for this year is Wetlands: Action for People and Nature which highlights the importance of actions required to conserve the wetlands and to use them sustainably. This day is celebrated worldwide to raise global awareness about an important role of…
Artículo | 02 Feb, 2022
En conmemoración al Día Mundial de los Humedales, celebramos los esfuerzos que Bolivia realiza para la recuperación de los bofedales, que son ecosistemas de vital importancia…
Story | 02 Feb, 2022
Safeguarding the wetlands in the Buna delta
To celebrate the 2022 World Wetlands Day, the Living Buna project partners release two videos portraying the efforts of the local community to safeguard the wetlands in the Buna River delta in Albania.
Blog | 02 Feb, 2022
Wetland action to benefit both people and nature
Blog — “Wetlands Action for People and Nature” – that is the theme for World Wetlands Day this year, focusing on how to invest our human resources into ensuring the world’s wetlands are protected from further loss and restored where they are currently degraded.
Story | 28 Jan, 2022
Growing floating rice in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta provides increased financial returns to farmers
A pilot study on 93 hectares around the Lang Sen Wetlands Nature Reserve found that there is a high potential to further scale-up flood-based agriculture to provide economic benefits to farmers, while simultaneously decreasing negative…
Story | 27 Jan, 2022
Symposium on Peatlands in Lao PDR
Over the course of two days during 21 and 22 January 2022, the MONRE Vice Minister Chanthaneth Boualapha presided over Lao People’s Democratic Republic’s (Lao PDR) first ever Symposium on Peatlands, held in Viengkham Districts, Vientiane Province.
Article | 26 Jan, 2022
Après 5 ans de collaboration entre la Junta de Andalucía, l'UICN et le Conseil supérieur de la recherche scientifique (CSIC) et l'ONG Hombre y Territorio, le projet Life Blue Natura se conclut avec l'un des résultats les plus attendus : la définition de deux pilotes projets de compensation du…
Artículo | 26 Jan, 2022
Las empresas ya pueden contribuir a desarrollar proyectos de carbono azul en Andalucía
Tras 5 años de colaboración entre la Junta de Andalucía, la UICN, el Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) y la ONG Hombre y Territorio se concluye el proyecto Life Blue Natura con uno de los resultados más esperados: la definición de dos proyectos piloto de compensación de…
Story | 26 Jan, 2022
The Life Blue Natura project ends with one of the most anticipated results: the establishment of two pilot projects for blue carbon compensation. These new projects are supported by the new Andalusian carbon standard for the certification of blue carbon credits, as well as the legal framework of…
Artículo | 21 Jan, 2022
Como parte de del proyecto europeo LIFE Wetlands4Climate, la Fundación Global Nature, miembro de UICN, está trabajando en 10 humedales de la Península Ibérica para identificar las medidas más adecuadas de restauración y conservación en cada caso, que permitan mejorar su capacidad para absorber…