Story | 02 Feb, 2024
In a significant stride toward sustainable blue carbon restoration, the Blue Carbon Accelerator Fund (BCAF) has unveiled the four winners of its latest Readiness call for project proposals. These exceptional projects stood out for their innovative approaches to differing challenges in the…
Story | 25 Jan, 2024
IUCN Green List progress in Viet Nam
On 18 January 2024, as part of the USAID Biodiversity Conservation Activity (BCA), IUCN and WWF organised a meeting in Cat Tien on the status of the IUCN Green List (GL) implementation in Viet Nam. There were 70 participants from MARD, the Forestry Project Management Board, USAID, IUCN, WWF,…
Story | 25 Jan, 2024
Introducing IONIQ mangrove restoration project in Ca Mau Province, Viet Nam
On December 19, 2024, IUCN organised a consultation workshop on the mangrove restoration project in Ca Mau. The project is a 3-year partnership between IUCN, Hyundai Motor Company, and Good Neighbors International (GNI) to restore mangroves in the Mekong Delta on privately owned shrimp farms (…
Story | 23 Jan, 2024
IUCN Members in Asia commit to strengthened conservation action at Regional Members Committee
The IUCN Asia Regional Members Committee (ARMC) met in Haikou, Hainan Province, China, on 9-10 January under the chairmanship of Professor Ma Keping. The meeting was hosted by the Forestry Department of Hainan Province, China and the Biodiversity Committee of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and…
Story | 12 Jan, 2024
Sports for Nature: IUCN Pakistan's adventure sports initiatives in Minapin, Gilgit Baltistan
In collaboration with the Community Welfare Foundation Minapin and Adventure Club Pakistan, IUCN Pakistan inaugurated the rock climbing site established under the Biodiversity Safeguarding Project funded by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS).
Story | 21 Dec, 2023
IUCN Asia wraps up 2023 stakeholder engagement with International Partners Day
As a culmination of its stakeholder engagement activities for the year, the IUCN Asia Regional Office welcomed distinguished guests from diplomatic missions and international organisations based in Bangkok, as well as the Government of Thailand, for an informal reception in the garden located…
Story | 15 Dec, 2023
Fostering private land as beacon of hope for threatened species in Sri Lanka
Kelani Valley Plantations PLC, a leading manufacturer of tea and rubber, has partnered with IUCN Sri Lanka to develop a conservation project, fostering a privately managed landscape as a beacon of hope for globally threatened species and ecosystems found outside of protected areas. The primary…
Artículo | 13 Dec, 2023
El Coronel Cheppudira Muthanna habla de los esfuerzos por crear una red panasiática de organizaciones para proteger la naturaleza y el clima del
Article | 13 Dec, 2023
Le colonel Cheppudira Muthanna évoque les efforts déployés pour créer un réseau panasiatique d’organisations visant à protéger la nature et le climat de l’Himalaya
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