IUCN event
Biodiversity: Nature based solutions for climate resilience in Rwanda
This COP27 side event will showcase Rwanda’s achievements in using Nature-based Solutions for climate resilience. It will provide an opportunity for different partners, including the private sector, NGOs and CSOs, to understand how far Rwanda is in implementing the best practices for Nature-…
News | 31 Oct, 2022
10 anos da Lista Verde: um caminho para uma conservação efetiva
Este ano, a Lista Verde de Áreas Protegidas e Conservadas da UICN comemora 10 anos desde sua criação. É importante reconhecer o caminho percorrido e as contribuições para a região, pioneira no sucesso deste Padrão que, hoje, é referência para a gestão eficaz das áreas protegidas no mundo…
Noticias | 28 Oct, 2022
10 años de la Lista Verde: un camino a la conservación efectiva
Este año, la Lista Verde de Áreas Protegidas y Conservadas de la UICN, cumple 10 años desde su creación. Es importante reconocer el camino recorrido y los aportes a la región, siendo pionera, en el éxito de este Estándar que, hoy, es una referencia para la gestión eficaz de áreas protegidas a…
Blog | 28 Oct, 2022
Zoonosis y áreas protegidas bajo el enfoque Una Salud
¿Estamos preparados para una nueva pandemia? Para hacer frente a las enfermedades zoonóticas se propone el enfoque de “Una Salud” que tiene como objetivo equilibrar y optimizar de manera sostenible la salud de las personas, los animales y los ecosistemas. En el siguiente artículo se explicará…
Story | 01 Nov, 2022
Rompimento da Barragem de Fundão
Município de Mariana, estado de Minas Gerais, Brasil, 16h20 do dia 5 de novembro de 2015.
Blog | 24 Oct, 2022
SNV’s role in the EWMR Technical Assistance (TA) Consortium is to support the development of innovative finance mechanisms and value chains to improve economic and ecological benefits within Sebeya and other catchments. To accomplish this, key interventions have been focusing on…
Blog | 24 Oct, 2022
IUCN and RWB conduct consultation meetings for Mukungwa and Akagera catchment management plans
Rwanda Water Resources Board (RWB) in collaboration with International Union for Conservation of nature (IUCN) organised two consultation meetings for Mukungwa catchment and Akagera low catchment in Rwanda with the overall objective to jointly identify challenges, solutions and opportunities to…
IUCN event
2016 Rio de Janeiro International Environmental Law Conference
The 1st IUCN World Environmental Law Congress: Environmental Rule of Law, Justice and Planetary Sustainability convened from April 27-29 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil under the auspices of IUCN and UN Environment.
Blog | 19 Oct, 2022
How local communities restored degraded sebeya catchment in Rwanda
It is sunrise on Monday morning in Rutsiro District, in the mountainous western edge of Rwanda. A group of men, women and youth are ready to start work carving radical terraces into the steep slopes of the Kajugujugu site of Murunda Sector, Rutsiro District.
Blog | 10 Oct, 2022
Kigali-Rwanda: Research carried out in the Eastern Province of Rwanda under the DeSIRA Research Project, funded by the European Union Delegation in Rwanda, shows that indigenous trees have the potential to deal with the problem of drought and other soil related problems that have been…