Project | 01 May, 2019 - 30 Jun, 2023
Embedding Integrated Water Resource Management In Rwanda (EWMR) Project
News | 22 Nov, 2021
Environmental Leaders Summit of Latin America
The Jane Goodall Institute Argentina, in collaboration with the Commission on Education and Communication (CEC), extends its invitation to the Environmental Leaders Summit of Latin America, a new space for the exchange of knowledge and experiences on Environmental Leadership. Dr. Jane Goodall…
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 | 22 Jun, 2021
IUCN, the official advisor on nature to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, recommends adding four natural sites to the List of World Heritage in Danger: the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, the W-Arly-Pendjari Complex in Benin, Burkina Faso and Niger, the Natural and Cultural Heritage of the…
Story | 26 Jan, 2021
Wetlands receive funding for actions on the ground
Curral Velho, Lac Sofia and Rugezi Burera Ruhondo Ramsar Sites, Wetlands of International Importance, are among the areas that benefit from recent funding from the European Union and Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States through the BIOPAMA programme. BIOPAMA provides funding…
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.
Press release | 02 Dec, 2020
Climate change now top threat to natural World Heritage – IUCN report
Gland, Switzerland, 2 December 2020 (IUCN) – Climate change is now the biggest threat to natural World Heritage, according to a report published today by IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature). A third (33%) of natural World Heritage sites are threatened by…
Story | 30 Sep, 2020
In Memoriam: Dr Graeme L. Worboys
IUCN and the World Commission on Protected Areas are sad to announce the passing of one of the most dedicated of WCPA Commission members, Dr Graeme Worboys, AM.
Story | 31 Mar, 2020
How Rwanda became a restoration leader
Rwanda is the Land of a Thousand Hills, but are these hills still healthy and productive? This is the story of how a small east African country took the unprecedented initiative to restore lands that had lost the ability to support people and…