News | 20 Mar, 2024
PANORAMA launches revamped web platform to amplify solutions for a Healthier Planet
The PANORAMA initiative proudly unveils its revamped web platform, designed to foster streamlined knowledge discovery, enhance inclusivity, and deepen peer connectivity. The relaunch supports the initiative’s mission to document and promote replicable solutions across diverse…
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
Story | 12 Sep, 2023
Marine turtle volunteers: a few reflections
Since 2014, IUCN Viet Nam has recruited volunteers to work in Bai Tu Long, Nui Chua, and Con Dao National Parks (NPs) as well as Hon Cau and Ly Son Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). The aims are to raise public awareness on the importance of marine turtle conservation; help rangers move thousands…
News | 05 Sep, 2023
Charting a resilient future: Coastal ecosystem restoration project commences in Karachi
The launch of Building Resilience of Coastal Ecological and Social Systems of Pakistan project, funded by the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation took place on September 1, 2023 in Karachi. The inception event drew representation from the government line departments, coastal agencies, Pakistan…
News | 03 Sep, 2023
Pakistan’s Coastal National Coordinating Body Urges Attention to Depleting Coastal Resources
Experts Underscore Need for more Marine Protected Areas in Pakistan The 22nd meeting of the National Coordinating Body (NCB) of the coast was organized by IUCN Pakistan to discuss issues and depleting coastal resources, especially in the wake of climatic impacts, calling for the need to create…
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Protecting Our Coasts: The Promise of Nature-Based Resilience
Coastal ecosystems, such as mangroves, seagrasses, reefs and wetlands, provide natural protection against storm surges and other coastal climate impacts. But these ecosystems are vulnerable to damage, and themselves need to be preserved. Ocean acidification, rising sea levels, changes in water…
Story | 27 Apr, 2023
Urgent action is needed to conserve the endangered intertidal zone and associated habitats along the Yellow and Bohai Seas, with populations of globally threatened and near threatened waterbird species continuing to decline, according to IUCN’s new report titled …
Story | 27 Feb, 2023
Economic valuation of ecosystems in the Gulf of Mottama
The triangle-shaped Gulf of Mottama, situated in southern Myanmar, is home to one of the world’s most dynamic intertidal systems. The extreme turbidity is produced by the delivery of 350 million tonnes per year of sediment from four large rivers, a tidal bore that moves at 3 metres per second,…