Council welcomed the pan-African Conservation for Poverty Reduction Initiative that is currently being developed by the World Conservation Union (IUCN). The Union’s five Regional Directors of the African continent presented the initiative that aims for conservation action to contribute to livelihood security and poverty reduction at the African level.

What are the six IUCN Commissions up to? With the 64th IUCN Council meeting currently taking place at IUCN Headquarters, the commission chairs were asked to highlight one of their major projects in a five minute interview. Find out here what they reported back from IUCN’s 10,000 expert strong commissions.