Story | 18 Apr, 2024
Commemorating International Day of Forests in Pakistan
In alignment with the global observance of International Day of Forests on March 21, IUCN Pakistan rallied its efforts across Punjab and Sindh provinces, spotlighting two impactful projects dedicated to nature conservation. The theme for this year was Forests and Innovation. The…
Story | 13 Dec, 2023
Colonel Cheppudira Muthanna discusses efforts to create a pan-Asian network of organisations to protect the nature and climate of the Himalayas
News | 07 Sep, 2023
Elevating Green Pakistan: Phase-1 Annual Review and Planning Workshop
The Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination (MoCC&EC), in collaboration with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Pakistan, concluded a three-day Annual Review and Planning Workshop for the year 2023-24, as part of the Upscaling Green Pakistan Program,…
Story | 17 Apr, 2023
The tussle between the pursuit of economic growth and environmental sustainability is nothing new, including in India. The Indian economy has been growing at an unprecedented rate, increasing in size from being the 10th to the 5th largest in the world in less than a decade. Despite the COVID-19…
Story | 10 Jan, 2023
Mapping the Future: A National Workshop on Silvo-Ecological Zones and Afforestation
A two days national workshop has been kicked off to finalize the Silvo-ecological zones maps, and suitable trees for afforestation under the Ten Billion Tree Afforestation Program in different ecological regions of Pakistan at the local hotel in Islamabad.
Story | 31 Oct, 2021
Climate-resilient action plan - for Drylands
CEESP News: by A Amarender Reddy, Centre Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Hyderabad, India *
Land degradation, water scarcity, poverty, and hunger are major problems faced in drylands across the world. Drylands are degraded across continents due to over-cultivation,…
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…
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 | 01 Feb, 2021
Stakeholder Consultation on Restoration Opportunities Assessment Methodology in Haryana
IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) organized a stakeholder consultation workshop on “Restoration Opportunities Assessment Methodology (ROAM)” with the Government of Haryana, India on 12th January 2021. The meeting held in Gurugram, Haryana, India saw the attendance of Sh.
Story | 12 Jan, 2021
COVID-19 and Climate Change: Double Jeopardy for Traditional Resource Users in the Sundarbans
CEESP News: by Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir*
The combined impact of climate change and COVID-19 pandemic is aggravating the marginalisation of the indigenous and local communities in the Sundarbans, an area which spans across the regions of Bangladesh and India. Majority have lost their…