Article | 08 Jul, 2021
Article | 08 Jul, 2021
La formation des spécialistes en suivi-évaluation du Programme de Gestion du Littoral Ouest Africain (WACA) sur l’utilisation du Système d’Information Géographique (SIG) a pris fin le 18 juin 2021 à Cotonou au Bénin.
Article | 07 Jul, 2021
Du 31 mai au 4 juin 2021, l’UICN, à travers le Bureau d’Appui Régional du Programme de gestion du littoral ouest-africain (WACA), en partenariat avec l’Union Economique et Monétaire Ouest Africaine (UEMOA), la Commission Néerlandaise pour l’…
Story | 02 Jul, 2021
The GCF and IUCN have signed a funding agreement for the project “Transforming Eastern Province through adaptation” (TREPA) with a GCF contribution of $ 33,783,755 and an additional $ 15,839,042 mobilized as co-financing from the Government of Rwanda and other Project Executing Entities.
Story | 07 Jun, 2021
Ocean Acidification: The what, where, how, why and what next on this major ocean issue
In the last 200 years, the ocean has taken up around 30% of all CO2 emissions and this absorption has altered the production of calcium carbonate in oceanic waters, causing the phenomenon known as Ocean Acidification (OA). Our new web story provides a high-level look at all impacts of this…
Story | 27 May, 2021
The ocean and the UNFCCC Global Stocktake: What does this mean?
What the ocean means to the Global Stocktake (GST) has been analysed by multiple conservation organisations in this new report. The conclusion? The ocean, as a central part in the Earth's climate system, must also be central to the UNFCCC’s GST.
Article | 24 May, 2021
Dakar, Sénégal, 22 mai 2021 (UICN-PACO) – Le thème de la journée de la biodiversité cette année est "Nous faisons partie de la solution"
Story | 12 May, 2021
What makes conservation effective? A community perspective
A video is now available of the public event held April 20, 2021, to celebrate the launch of the new CCRN book, co-published by IUCN-CEESP: Communities, Conservation and Livelihoods.
Story | 23 Apr, 2021
The inaugural IUCN Africa Protected Areas Congress officially relaunched
The Government of Rwanda will in March 2022 host the inaugural IUCN Africa Protected Areas Congress (APAC) to discuss conservation of the continent’s protected areas. This comes after the relaunch of APAC in Kigali, Rwanda on 20th April 2021.
Story | 13 Apr, 2021
New Marine Protected Areas MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) now open
The IUCN Programme on African Protected Areas & Conservation is launching a new MOOC on Marine protected areas (MPAs). This new course will complement other courses on protected areas already available, such as Protected areas management in Africa, Ecological…