News | 20 mrt, 2024
PANORAMA launches revamped web platform to amplify solutions for a Healthier Planet
The PANORAMA initiative proudly unveils its revamped web platform, designed to foster streamlined knowledge discovery, enhance inclusivity, and deepen peer connectivity. The relaunch supports the initiative’s mission to document and promote replicable solutions across diverse…
Story | 04 dec, 2023
Fish conservation areas in the Tonle Sap Lake: 10 years on
In 2014-2015, as part of an EU project, IUCN and local NGO Fisheries Action Coalition Team (FACT) established three fish conservation areas (FCAs) in the Tonle Sap: in Phlov Touk near the Stung Sen Ramsar…
News | 27 nov, 2023
New report on High Seas Biodiversity Treaty gives accessible at-a-glance introduction
This introductory report's target audience is professionals from governments, civil society, private sector, and other stakeholders who know multilateral processes and treaties but are not high seas “BBNJ (biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction) experts”. The report is more digestible than…
Story | 17 nov, 2023
A ray of hope for the endangered Mahseer Fish: Release of fish stock at the Kahuta Nallah
In a momentous step toward the conservation of the endangered Mahseer fish species (Tor putitora), a significant release event took place near 720 MW Karot Hydropower Dam. This initiative, aimed at safeguarding this endangered fish, carries substantial significance in the face of numerous…
Story | 28 apr, 2022
Conservation Strategy and Action Plan for the Talaud Bear Cuscus
The Talaud Bear Cuscus (Ailurops melanotis) is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species and protected under Indonesian law. The species’ geographic distribution is confined to two small islands in Talaud-Sangihe islands, Large Sangihe Island and Salibabu Island…
Story | 28 apr, 2022
The segmented trapdoor spiders, an EDGE species
Tarantulas and the common-orb-weaver, represent two of the more recognizable suborders of spiders (mygalomorphs and araneomorphs respectively), but there is a third suborder that is basal to these two and represents a unique branch of the tree of life; the segmented trapdoor spiders…
Story | 03 mrt, 2023
Women fishers in Manipur’s Loktak Lake strive for its restoration
Salam Rajesh, CEESP member
The fishing community in Manipur’s Loktak Lake faces a tough life negotiating between the need to eke out a living in a wetland whose ecosystem is fairly degraded, and striving to take part in its restoration. The women fishers share equal…
Story | 07 dec, 2022
Manipur fishers hold rally raising awareness on Loktak biodiversity
CEESP News: Salam Rajesh, IUCN CEESP member
Fishing community in Manipur’s Loktak Lake, a Ramsar designated wetland, is blending conservation initiatives with addressing imminent threats to their lives and livelihoods from external interventions. In tune with the objectives…
Story | 23 nov, 2022
Observance of World Fisheries Day 2022
IUCN Pakistan in partnership with Pakistan Fisheries Society & Department of Zoology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad on 21 November, 2022 commemorated One day International Symposium on "World Fisheries Day 2022" at Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad. The theme of the day was “…
Story | 09 jun, 2022
Visit of the Secretary General of Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs to Tanzania
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