Story | 09 Nov, 2022
Community members at Cuc Phuong National Park and Van Long Nature Reserve in Vietnam put their skills to the test by hosting real visitors.
Story | 07 Oct, 2022
World Rivers Day 2022: Protecting the free-flowing Aoos-Vjosa River in Greece and Albania
Around this year’s World Rivers Day on 25 September, a number of events and activities were held along the Aoos-Vjosa River in Greece and Albania to promote transboundary collaboration and protection of this unique river system, from its source to the sea.
Press release | 07 Oct, 2022
Protecting the Aoos-Vjosa River and its tributaries
On World Rivers Day 2022, project partners for ‘Saving the last free-flowing wild river in Europe: Aoos/Vjosa’ were in Greece to promote protection of the Aoos and Vjosa Rivers, from the headwaters in Greece to the Albanian coast.
Story | 02 Sep, 2022
During July and August 2022, the training on Health and Safety (H&S) implications in community tourism took place at Cuc Phuong National Park and Van Long Wetlands Nature Reserve.
Story | 10 Aug, 2022
Participatory 3D Mapping (P3DM) is an exciting method that has been implemented to support the process of knowledge sharing and collaboration with local and indigenous peoples for the success of effective management of protected and conserved areas. P3DM integrate local and indigenous spatial…
Story | 05 Jul, 2022
New blue carbon partnership for Western Indian Ocean mangrove reforestation
As part of the Great Blue Wall initiative, designed to accelerate ocean conservation and regenerative economic development in the Western Indian Ocean, IUCN and Blue Forest Company used the UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon to announce a new blue carbon partnership, with work beginning in Mozambique…
Story | 28 Apr, 2021
Protection study of the Vjosa River Valley based on IUCN protected area standards now available
There is a need to protect the Vjosa River Valley along its full length, including its tributaries - confirms the new IUCN WCPA authored study.
Artículo | 30 Sep, 2020
Gland, Suiza, 30 de septiembre 2020 (UICN) – La Unión Internacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza (UICN) ha admitido al Parque Nacional Natural Chingaza de Colombia, la Reserva Natural Van Long de Vietnam y la Reserva Natural Nacional Ile Du Grand-Connétable de Guyana Francesa en la…
Story | 30 Sep, 2020
Gland, Switzerland, 30 September 2020 (IUCN) – The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has admitted Colombia’s Chingaza National Natural Park, Vietnam’s Van Long Nature Reserve, and French Guiana’s Ile Du Grand-Connétable National Nature Reserve to the IUCN Green List of…
Story | 08 Jan, 2020
Creating value in the wildlife economy
Dr Sue Snyman used studies of southern African protected areas, their tourist facilities, and their communities, to answer questions of why conservation in these African nations makes the wildlife economy valuable (at the Global Wildlife Program annual conference, 2019, in Pretoria, South Africa…