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The Mekong Delta is highly vulnerable to flooding, droughts, and sea level rise. The situation is aggravated by high dikes, canals, sluice gates, and other water control infrastructure built for intensive rice production. This has caused large-scale soil fertility loss, eutrophication of water…

Les acteurs de l’agriculture et de la conservation du Burkina Faso, Ghana et Niger se mettent ensemble.

A significant proportion of carbon mitigation projects implemented through market mechanisms (e.g., trading and offset) have a focus on energy efficiency, renewable energy, forestry, transport, and industry sectors. At the same time, new natural climate solutions including ecosystem-based carbon…

Climate change and biodiversity loss are two of the most important challenges and risks for human societies. But as the chairs of IUCN's seven expert Commissions write, the window of opportunity to address them is closing rapidly.

Tharparkar’s natural ecosystem needs the establishment of a conservation program for critically endangered plant species, including the development of a seed bank and the promotion of sustainable harvesting practices.  

In a momentous step toward the conservation of the endangered Mahseer fish species (Tor putitora), a significant release event took place near 720 MW Karot Hydropower Dam. This initiative, aimed at safeguarding this endangered fish, carries substantial significance in the face of numerous…

A multi-stakeholder regional dialogue among governmental bodies, civil society organizations, academics, and private sector with the aim to collaboratively identify and scale up innovative, sustainable pasture management practices and strategies in Central Asia, thereby contributing to the 3 Rio…

The CEBioS Programme and the Centre de la Surveillance de la Biodiversité (CSB), organized the 2nd International Conference on Biodiversity in the Congo Basin from…

From 30 November to 12 December 2023, IUCN will participate in the 28th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.