Story | 04 Jun, 2021
The joint work between German cooperation; protected areas agencies in Belize, Guatemala and Mexico; and IUCN obtained important outcomes in Selva Maya. The Selva Maya Natural Resources Protection Project contributed to decreased illegal logging, better fire control and increased forest cover in…
Story | 04 Jun, 2021
Teaming up for technical assistance on forest landscape restoration
On the eve of the launch of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, a new demand-responsive technical facility to help countries accelerate forest landscape restoration is on the horizon. IUCN, WRI and WWF are partnering on a fresh approach to help…
Story | 04 Jun, 2021
IUCN recommends two biodiversity sites in Georgia and Japan for the World Heritage List
IUCN, the official advisor on nature to UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee, recommends two new inscriptions on the prestigious World Heritage List for sites in Georgia and Japan. Both places harbour a rich diversity of plant and animal species, many of which cannot be found anywhere else on Earth…
Story | 04 Jun, 2021
IUCN Member Organisations and Partners gathered at Keti Bunder – the Guinness World Record site to commemorate World Environment Day 2021. Senator (r) Javed Jabbar, former IUCN Vice President and Regional Councillor Asia was the chief guest at…
Story | 02 Jun, 2021
What is Laos doing on World Peatlands Day?
World Peatlands Day is celebrated on the 2nd of June each year, founded by the International Peatland Society back in 2019.
Story | 28 May, 2021
Report: Mainstreaming Blue Nature-Based Solutions into Infrastructure Finance
The challenge is massive – to swiftly move away from a business-as-usual financing approach largely tailored to generating and perpetuating infrastructure that is both grey and vulnerable, towards blue finance solutions. This new report looks at efforts by different Multilateral Development…
Story | 27 May, 2021
The ocean and the UNFCCC Global Stocktake: What does this mean?
What the ocean means to the Global Stocktake (GST) has been analysed by multiple conservation organisations in this new report. The conclusion? The ocean, as a central part in the Earth's climate system, must also be central to the UNFCCC’s GST.
Press release | 21 May, 2021
A meeting of IUCN Pakistan Members Committee was organized virtually on May 20, 2021. Members from all the four provinces and Azad Jammu and Kashmir participated in the meeting.
Story | 12 May, 2021
What makes conservation effective? A community perspective
A video is now available of the public event held April 20, 2021, to celebrate the launch of the new CCRN book, co-published by IUCN-CEESP: Communities, Conservation and Livelihoods.