Story | 10 Jun, 2024
Scaling Up NbS: Economic Barriers
In 2020, IUCN published the Global Standard for NbS that scores NbS using eight criteria and associated indicators. Criterion 4 covers the economic viability of NbS, including the direct and indirect…
Story | 28 Jan, 2022
Growing floating rice in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta provides increased financial returns to farmers
A pilot study on 93 hectares around the Lang Sen Wetlands Nature Reserve found that there is a high potential to further scale-up flood-based agriculture to provide economic benefits to farmers, while simultaneously decreasing negative…
Story | 27 Dec, 2021
China launches new guidelines for coastal ecosystems to enhance disaster risk reduction
In 2018, the highest decision-making body on financial and economic issues in China mandated competent authorities to implement coastal conservation and restoration projects through the use of Nature-based Solutions to keep resilient…
Story | 22 Dec, 2021
Nature-based Solutions for ecological conservation and restoration explored at CBD COP15 in China
Kunming, China (IUCN) – China’s Ministry of Natural Resources, together with IUCN, organised an event, “Nature-based Solutions for Ecological Conservation and Restoration,” as part of the Ecological Civilisation Forum during the Convention on…
Story | 16 Nov, 2021
The Restoration Initiative: A Sao Tome and Principe story
Bridging the gaps between the banking sector and restoration investment opportunities in Sao Tome and Principe
Story | 16 Nov, 2021
The Restoration Initiative: A Pakistan story
Restoration from on top of the world – promising news from Pakistan
Story | 16 Nov, 2021
The Restoration Initiative: A Myanmar story
Restoration meets the needs of local forest communities in Myanmar
Story | 16 Nov, 2021
The Restoration Initiative: A Kenya Tana Delta story
Bringing the Tana River Delta in Kenya back into balance with nature
Story | 16 Nov, 2021
The Restoration Initiative: A Kenya drylands story
Supporting improved management and restoration of the Mukogodo National Forest Reserve in Kenya
Story | 16 Nov, 2021
The Restoration Initiative: A Democratic Republic of the Congo story
Restoring the landscapes of South Kivu Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo