Story | 16 Jan, 2017
Nature: the decisive solution for the climate change crisis
This blog, published in Thomson Reuters Foundation News, highlights how MFF harnesses the natural functions of ecosystems and women’s strength in resource management to bring about better solutions to climate change mitigation and adaptation.
Story | 08 Nov, 2016
Morocco and Tunisia are two countries among those who have planned ambitious commitments in their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC) on protection, restoration and maintenance of ecosystems in order to fight climate change.
Article | 08 Nov, 2016
Le Maroc et la Tunisie sont deux pays parmi ceux qui ont prévu une liste ambitieuse d’engagements dans leur contribution nationalement déterminée (Intended Nationally Determined Contribution, INDC en anglais) reposant sur la protection, la restauration et l’entretien des écosystèmes, et cela…
Article | 01 Nov, 2016
MEDEVENTUN: Semaine de l'UICN en Tunisie
Plus de 70 participants, provenant de cinq pays de la Méditerranée (Tunisie, Maroc, Espagne, France, Italie, Liban) et représentant des États membres de l’UICN, des agences gouvernementales et non-gouvernementales, des commissions de l’UICN et des organisations partenaires, se rencontreront à…
Story | 31 Oct, 2016
The International Police Conference “Future Policing: Prospects and Challenges for South Asia”, commenced on 4 October 2016 at the Kingsbury Hotel in Colombo under the patronage of the President of Sri Lanka, Hon. Maithripala Sirisena.
Story | 21 Oct, 2016
Threatened by a brutal wildlife trade, habitat loss and degradation, the Endangered Asian elephant is now largely confined to India, with smaller populations found in other South Asian countries including Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
Story | 06 Oct, 2016
Asia Protected Areas Partnership continues to gain momentum
IUCN Asia’s regional protected areas initiative, the Asia Protected Areas Partnership (APAP), has made significant headway with the adoption of the APAP constitution, alongside several other new developments.
Story | 07 Sep, 2016
"The Biodiversity Sri Lanka (BSL) (http://biodiversitysrilanka.org) coordinates the private sector interests in biodiversity conservation.
Story | 22 Jun, 2016
Empowering schools on nature: Training of teachers on highland ecosystems
Engaging schools and school teachers on the value and role of natural resources is one of the best investments towards conservation and sustainable management of natural resources.
Story | 22 Jun, 2016
Implementing ecotourism activities in Tunisian protected areas
Three protected areas in Tunisia, Ickheul, Boukornine and Chikly Island, have been the last pilot actions developed within the Mediterranean Experience of Ecotourism project (MEET), thanks to the partnership convention between the Direction Général de Forêt of Tunisia and the IUCN Centre for…