Conservation projects
Extracting the value of forests
In the extreme west Amazon region, on the border with Peru and Bolivia, IUCN has helped strengthen community-based forest cooperatives that are improving the incomes of local people and securing forests for the future. …
01 Nov 2011 | News story
Tackling unsustainable fuelwood harvesting in eastern Europe
In many countries of eastern Europe and Russia, forests are coming under increasing pressure from fuel wood harvesting. In some places, this harvest exceeds legal quotas and threatens the capacity of forests to regenerate. …
01 Nov 2011 | News story
Easing the energy pressure
Some 1.4 billion people—about a fifth of the global population—do not have access to modern energy sources, and 2.7 billion people—or 40% of the global population—depend on traditional biomass sources such as firewood for cooking. …
21 Jan 2011 | News story
Going nuts about forests
In Laos, the sustainable harvesting of medicinal seeds from the native malva nut tree is helping to improve both the lives of local people and the state of the region’s forests. …
24 Jan 2011 | News story
What’s in it for me? Engaging local communities in conservation
Edmund Barrow of IUCN’s Forest Conservation Programme talks about the challenges related to his work with local communities and explains how conservation work can bring real-life benefits both to people and to the environment. …
01 Jun 2010 | Audio
