Story | 12 Mar, 2020
Inspiring Youth to be the Young Ambassadors for Nature
IUCN India in collaboration with Ecoroots Foundation organised an interactive workshop on nest building with the young minds of K. R. Mangalam Global School, New Delhi
Story | 11 Mar, 2020
Sikkim Workshop on Resilient Himalayan Environment and Community
Under Coping with Uncertainties project (CwU), IUCN organized one day state level workshop entitled “Building Resilient Himalayan Environment & Community” on 21st February 2020 at Gangtok, Sikkim.
Story | 10 Mar, 2020
Adopting rights-based approaches to enable cost-effective conservation and climate action
CEESP News: by Vicky Tauli-Corpuz (a), Janis Alcorn (b), Augusta Molnar (c),⇑, Christina Healy (d), Edmund Barrow (e) **
A new publication " Cornered by PAs: Adopting rights-based approaches to enable cost-effective conservation and climate action" in the academic…
Story | 23 Dec, 2019
Mobile Pastoralism and the World Heritage Convention
CEESP News: by Nigel Dudley of Equilibrium Research, and by Liza Zogib of DiversEarth, who is also Co-Chair of the CEESP Specialist Group on Religion, Spirituality, Environmental Conservation and Climate Justice
Story | 19 Nov, 2019
IUCN conducts wetland management training for Lao environment officers
Mekong Wetlands University Network and IUCN Lao PDR recently organised a 11-day training on wetland ecology and management for environment officers working in Beung Kiat Ngong and Xe Champhone Ramsar sites in Pakse, Champasak Province.
Story | 07 Nov, 2019
Islamabad, Pakistan, 6 November 2019 -The 7th International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Asia Regional Conservation Forum – one of Asia’s most important nature conservation events - kicked-off today with a strong focus on convening a…
Story | 19 Sep, 2019
India is one of 17 mega-biodiverse countries in the world, and has many conservation success stories to record and share. The WII-organised one day workshop, designed to teach PANORAMA, resulted in 8 valuable 'solution' case studies, mainly targeting protected areas from the Ganga river to the…
Story | 23 Aug, 2019
New climate change assessments report future threats to Lao PDR’s largest peatlands
IUCN’s Mekong WET project recently conducted Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments at Lao PDR’s two Ramsar sites, Beung Kiat Ngong and Xe Champhone, to understand how climate change impacts will affect species, habitats, and livelihoods. Results show that changes in rainfall will negatively…
Story | 09 Aug, 2019
Global coffee brands and environmental organisations back an innovative programme led by the Cerrado Waters Consortium.
Story | 24 Jun, 2019
Flagship project launched to build capacity on forest landscape restoration and Bonn Challenge
On 17 June 2019 Shri Prakash Javadekar, the Hon’ble Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, India launched a flagship project to build capacity on forest landscape restoration (FLR) and Bonn Challenge in partnership with IUCN. The…