Story | 31 Jan, 2023
Judging complex societal change processes is made easier with new guidelines to assess contributions. An important contribution claim begins with the question, “How and why has the intervention made a difference, or not?”
Story | 17 May, 2021
Introducing the Vietnamese translation of the IPBES Global Assessment for Policy-makers
On April 27, 2021 in cooperation with MONRE’s Biodiversity Conservation Agency (BCA), IUCN organized a half-day workshop in Hanoi to present the Vietnamese translation of the IPBES Global Assessment for Policy-makers. The translation and workshop…
Story | 25 Feb, 2021
IUCN MARPLASTICCs project Provides Institutional Frameworks Governing Marine Plastic Pollution to understand marine plastic pollution and Extended Producer Responsibility in Asia and Africa
Story | 28 May, 2020
OECMs: a new conservation opportunity for Viet Nam
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), to which Vietnam is party, has agreed a new conservation designation that complements protected areas. Vietnam has an opportunity to extend and connect its conserved areas by identifying and legally…
Story | 25 Nov, 2019
Tangled roots and changing tides: law at the service of mangrove conservation and sustainable use
A pioneering global study details the legal and institutional frameworks governing mangroves and proposes solutions to address gaps and weaknesses identified.
Story | 31 Oct, 2019
Establishing ecosystem-based adaptation strategies to tackle climate change at Cambodian Ramsar site
IUCN and the Department of Freshwater and Wetlands Conservation of the Ministry of Environment and the Provincial Department of the Environment, Koh Kong Province recently organised a final climate change adaptation-planning…
Story | 15 Oct, 2019
Highlighting climate change impacts on Cambodian wetlands through citizen journalism
Thirty community members and wetland managers from three Mekong WET focal sites in Cambodia recently attended a citizen journalism training workshop in Koh Kong City. Conducted by IUCN, in collaboration with Apsara TV, a national media outlet,…
Story | 22 Jun, 2019
Swedish Crown Princess visits Viet Nam, country struggling with plastic pollution
Sweden’s relationship with Viet Nam goes back 50 years. Viet Nam is one of the top five countries with mismanaged waste ending up in the ocean, so it is not surprising that Sweden’s Crown Princess Victoria is especially concerned about plastic…
Story | 14 Jun, 2019
From 28-30 May 2019, government officials from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam gathered in Bangkok to discuss the status and progress of wetland policies in the region. The discussion was part of a regional dialogue organised by the Indo-Burma Ramsar…