How can nature’s role in climate mitigation help close the financing gap for nature? This was the central question of our recent webinar, delivered in collaboration with the Water Initiative for Net Zero (WINZ) and the…
The GEF-funded RIWE-Mono Project was launched in Grand Popo, Benin, on 30 January 2025, with the objective to ensure the sustainable development and ecological resilience of the Mono River Basin through strengthened governance, capacity building in Integrated Water Resources Management (…
On 25-26 November 2024, an IUCN team visited two Cambodian provinces that border Viet Nam: Prey Veng and Svay Rieng. The visit aimed at better understanding the groundwater monitoring networks in southern Cambodia, forming foundations for future transboundary groundwater information sharing…
On 14 November 2024, IUCN visited An Phu District in An Giang Province to assess arsenic contamination in the Mekong Delta aquifer as a part of the “Enhancing the sustainability of the transboundary Cambodia-Mekong River Delta Aquifer” (CMDA) Project, funded by GEF with the execution and…
The IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) Caprinae Specialist Group (CSG) evaluated the effects of inclusion of local people in the conservation of Golestan National Park, Iran. Community based conservation is identified as a key strategy leading to positive ecological outcomes.
The two organisations have entered a three-year collaboration to enhance Solvay’s biodiversity roadmap, leveraging IUCN’s advanced tools and best practices to achieve positive outcomes for nature.
Lao PDR joined the Ramsar Convention in 2010, with the designation of the Xe Champhone and Boeung Kiat Ngong wetlands as its first two Ramsar sites. IUCN had proposed that the government also designates Siphandone as a Ramsar site because of its outstanding natural…
Dodoma, Tanzania – 5th February 2025 – The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), in partnership with the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD), is proud to launch the Scaling-up Nature-based Solutions (NbS) for Cl
Malaga, 28 January 2025 (IUCN) - More than 50 experts from Andorra, Spain, France and Portugal met in Madrid for three days to develop a transnational conservation plan and define more urgent measures to prevent the extinction of this unique freshwater species.