Story | 31 May, 2024
New training facility to boost capacity for wildlife conservation in SADC Region
IUCN ESARO launched a new Training Facility for Wildlife Rangers and TFCA Managers at the KAZA Summit, aiming to enhance conservation efforts across the SADC region through the SADC TFCA Financing Facility.
Project | 01 Jan, 2019 - 30 Jun, 2023
Catalysing private sector commitment for landscape restoration in supply chains.
Press release | 16 Dec, 2021
IUCN report identifies sites with World Heritage potential in Himalaya and beyond
Gland, Switzerland, 16 December 2021 (IUCN) – A new report lists seven broad areas in the Himalayas, the Hindu Kush and the Karakoram mountain ranges where new natural World Heritage sites could be found. It also identifies possible extensions of existing World Heritage sites,…
Story | 29 Nov, 2021
Inspiring People: Rhino Rangers in the Kunene Basin in north-western Namibia
The Rhino Rangers in the Kunene and Erongo region of Namibia have a very important and often challenging task: to protect the largest free-ranging black rhino population in the world, in a very harsh and arid environment. Over 60 rhino rangers are employed by 13 community conservancies…
Story | 23 Jun, 2021
Green Ghana Day puts trees in the ground
A lot of trees. IUCN and supporting organisations including the Diplomatic Corps, joined Ghanaians all over the country to plant trees on Green Ghana Day (11th June, 2021). A fun day. An important mission.
Story | 07 May, 2021
Working closely with ten organisations in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal, the Building River Dialogue and Governance for Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna river basins (BRIDGE GBM) project, facilitated by IUCN, has…
Story | 01 Feb, 2021
IUCN Green List tour in the lands of the pyramids
Near the World Heritage and Green Listed site Wadi Al-Hitan, in Fayoum, one of the oldest cities in Egypt, an IUCN Green List orientation workshop was organised by the IUCN Regional Office for West Asia, in collaboration with the Nature Conservation Sector of the Ministry of Environment, on 26-…
Story | 18 Jan, 2021
Producer organisations in Ghana grow restoration skills
Forest and farm producer organisations in Ghana gather to expand their restoration leadership capacity through learning to apply the restoration opportunities assessment methodology as a tool for sustainable business.