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Story | 20 Mar, 2023
Our relationship with plastic needs rethinking: a Blueprint for the journey to zero plastic waste
IUCN, with Searious Business, has developed a complete Do-It-Yourself guide to reducing plastic waste on any island anywhere in the world – a Blueprint to zero plastic waste. Plastic pollution is detrimental to our oceanic ecosystems, and the livelihoods and economies depending on it. To address…
Story | 16 Mar, 2023
From cleaner oceans to thriving communities: the economic impacts of plastic pollution
With support from the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad), the Plastic Waste Free Islands project focused on six islands in the Pacific and the Caribbean regions: Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu, Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, and Saint Lucia. Three new economic briefs for the Caribbean…
Story | 02 Mar, 2023
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and Gonarezhou Conservation Trust in Zimbabwe have signed a new grant agreement for the Gonarezhou National Park Infrastructure Support Programme to be implemented for 3 years up to 2026.
Comunicado de prensa | 16 Dec, 2022
Las organizaciones deportivas se comprometen a salvaguardar la naturaleza con un nuevo marco
Montreal, Canadá, 16 de diciembre de 2022 – Veinte organizaciones deportivas, incluido el Comité Olímpico Internacional (COI) como socio fundador, y los Juegos Olímpicos y Paralímpicos de París 2024, firmaron hoy el primer Marco…
Communiqué de presse | 16 Dec, 2022
Les organisations sportives s'engagent à protéger la nature au moyen d'un nouveau cadre
Montréal, Canada, 16 décembre 2022 – Vingt-trois organisations sportives, dont le Comité International Olympique (CIO) en tant que partenaire fondateur, et le comité d'organisation des Jeux Olympiques et Paralympiques de Paris 2024, ont signé aujourd'hui le tout premier cadre "Sports for…
Press release | 16 Dec, 2022
Sports organisations commit to safeguard nature under new framework
Montreal, Canada, 16 December 2022 – More than twenty sports organisations, including the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as a founding partner, and the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024, signed the first-ever Sports for Nature Framework today. Signatories pledge to adhere to…
Noticias | 14 Dec, 2022
El turismo comunitario en Perú se fortalece con talleres sobre vídeo y fotografía
MAIA Films llevó a cabo una visita al Parque Nacional del Rio Abiseo (Perú) para realizar una filmación del proyecto Proyecto de Turismo en Áreas Protegidas y Conservadas en un mundo post COVID. Durante su estancia realizaron un taller sobre video y fotografía, con el objetivo de motivar a las…
IUCN event
Sports for Nature: A new pathway for sports to achieve nature-positive action
The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, along with IUCN and the United Nations Environment Programme, and support from the International Olympic Committee, will launch the first-ever Sports for Nature Framework, aimed at engaging sports organisations on nature.
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