Story | 27 Jun, 2023
An ancient rainforest in West Africa to connecting people with conservation and restoration
The Commission on Education and Communication (CEC) celebrates 31-years of work developed by Tommy Garnett, CEC Regional Vice Chair for West and Central Africa, in his role as Founder and Executive Director of the Environmental Foundation for Africa (EFA), which is working to inspire people to…
Story | 29 Mar, 2023
AFRIPAC: strengthening 5 countries' commitments to a UN Plastics Treaty
As the world moves towards an international, legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, IUCN and GRID-Arendal partner in a new project: AFRIPAC, "Effective Plastic Treaty Capacity Building for Africa." This project aims to empower five African nations´ negotiating skills for a strong…
Story | 31 Jan, 2023
Judging complex societal change processes is made easier with new guidelines to assess contributions. An important contribution claim begins with the question, “How and why has the intervention made a difference, or not?”
Story | 27 Sep, 2022
Gender Equality: A Strategy for Conserving Coastal Biodiversity in Central America
IUCN, with support from USAID, is implementing a conservation project in sites of high coastal biodiversity in Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, with a focus on social inclusion, to strengthen community governance of natural resources in contexts free of gender-based violence.
Story | 05 Sep, 2019
Where lions go, Africa goes. Unlocking the value of lions and their landscapes
Lions and their landscapes are a major part of Africa’s lifeblood indicator. Facing a catastrophic decline in lion population and habitat, a fresh report is the first to look in detail at the wider ecosystem services lions and…
Story | 14 Feb, 2017
Blog: Measuring livelihood dependency on river flow - an interdisciplinary approach
Blog by Laetitia Pettinotti, Researcher at BC3 - Basque Centre for Climate Change.
"Last September the 'WISE-UP to Climate' team visited the dry Northern region of Ghana, destination: the communities of Arigu, Bisigu, and Pwalugu which line the White Volta River. It was my second trip…
Story | 01 Aug, 2016
The Winners of the 2016 « Water and Environment » Media Competition
The West and Central Africa Programme of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN-PACO) within the framework of the Partnership for Environmental Governance in West Africa (PAGE), the Regional Partnership for the Conservation of Coastal and Marine area in West Africa (PRCM) and…
Story | 01 Jun, 2016
Media competition « Water and environment » 2016
The International Union for Conservation of Nature Central Africa and West African Programme (IUCN/ PACO) as part of its program "Partnership for environmental Governance in West Africa (PAGE)", Global Water Partnership West Africa (GWP / WA ) and the Regional Partnership for the Conservation of…
Story | 30 Nov, 2015
Nine countries elected to the World Heritage Committee
Nine States Parties have been elected to the World Heritage Committee: Angola, Azerbaijan, Burkina Faso, Cuba, Indonesia, Kuwait, Tunisia, United Republic of Tanzania, and Zimbabwe. They take the place of Algeria, Colombia, Germany, India, Japan, Malaysia, Qatar, Senegal and Serbia.
Press release | 17 Nov, 2014
Global appetite for resources pushing new species to the brink – IUCN Red List
Pacific Bluefin Tuna, Chinese Pufferfish, American Eel, Chinese Cobra and an Australian butterfly are threatened with extinction