Story | 23 Apr, 2021
The inaugural IUCN Africa Protected Areas Congress officially relaunched
The Government of Rwanda will in March 2022 host the inaugural IUCN Africa Protected Areas Congress (APAC) to discuss conservation of the continent’s protected areas. This comes after the relaunch of APAC in Kigali, Rwanda on 20th April 2021.
Artículo | 22 Apr, 2021
Comunidades al rescate de los bosques salados
22 de abril: Día de la Tierra 2021
Artículo | 22 Apr, 2021
Este tratado conocido como el Acuerdo de Escazú, por su adopción en esa ciudad de Costa Rica en el año 2018, entrará en vigencia hoy, en el Día Internacional de la Madre Tierra, después de haber cumplido el requisito mínimo de ratificaciones por…
Story | 20 Apr, 2021
Melting summits: the need to adopt a “science-governance and diplomacy” approach to climate change
On February 7, 2021, more than 200 people lost their lives to a flash flood in the foothills of the Indian Himalayas. History is repeating itself here as in June 2013, more than 3,000 people went missing, and 800 died, in similar circumstances, and in the same area. In both cases, the location…
Story | 13 Apr, 2021
In 2020, with the financial support from the Coca Cola Foundation, IUCN Viet Nam has supported upstream communities in Mekong Delta to pilot some flood-based-livelihood models in support of water retention and adapt to climate change. These livelihood models are implemented in combination with…
Article | 12 Apr, 2021
Renforcement des capacités des acteurs pour une meilleure résilience au changement climatique
Koudougou, Burkina Faso, le 12 avril 2021 - L’UICN et la WASCAL organisent conjointement l’atelier de formation sur les risques liés au changeent climatique et autres facteurs de dégradation pour une gestion intégrée des écosystèmes dans les sous bassins de la…
Artículo | 09 Apr, 2021
UICN participa en foro internacional sobre adaptación y resiliencia ante el cambio climático
La UICN participó en el mes de marzo en el seminario virtual “Integrando el poder de la naturaleza para la adaptación y resiliencia al Cambio Climático”, organizado por la Embajada Británica en Costa Rica, en colaboración con la Asociación Costa Rica por
Story | 07 Apr, 2021
IUCN Regional Office for Eastern Europe and Centrals Asia (ECARO) seeks five (5) applications from qualified individuals based in Serbia to serve as independent experts within the ADAPT project: Nature-based Solutions for resilient societies in…
Story | 31 Mar, 2021
New WHO-IUCN Expert Working Group on Biodiversity, Climate, One Health and Nature-based Solutions
Under the umbrella of the Friends of EbA (FEBA) network, leading experts engaged in the science-policy interface of public health, biodiversity, and climate change will collaborate in an innovative initiative led by the WHO and IUCN to help guide…
Story | 24 Mar, 2021
Launch of the Global Fund for Ecosystem-based Adaptation
Ecosystem-based Adaptation harnesses the power of nature to increase the resilience of communities against the escalating impacts of climate change. By providing rapid and targeted financial support to innovative and catalytic projects, the Global…