News | 07 Sep, 2023
Elevating Green Pakistan: Phase-1 Annual Review and Planning Workshop
The Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination (MoCC&EC), in collaboration with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Pakistan, concluded a three-day Annual Review and Planning Workshop for the year 2023-24, as part of the Upscaling Green Pakistan Program,…
Press release | 06 Dec, 2022
IUCN and FAO to lead flagship forest program in Southeast Asia
Bangkok, Thailand, 6 December 2022 (IUCN) – The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will lead the Indo-Malaya Critical Forest Biomes Integrated Program of the Global Environment Facility (GEF). This…
Story | 02 Dec, 2020
Need to streamline National REDD+ Programme Awareness across, forest communities, private sector
IUCN Pakistan in collaboration with the Ministry of Climate Change organized a Stakeholders’ Workshop for preparation of REDD+ Strategic Communications Plan in Islamabad today. The event was attended by a large number of government officials, members of the civil society, environmental experts…
Story | 22 Sep, 2020
The Ministry of Climate Change has launched the Consortium to undertake Third Party Monitoring for its flagship Ten Billion Tree Tsunami Programme (TBTTP). The Government of Pakistan has mandated the Consortium which consists of IUCN, FAO and WWF to conduct the Third Party Monitoring and…
Story | 22 Apr, 2020
Private sector role in sustainable management and restoration of Thailand’s forests
Over forty representatives from leading private sector companies in Thailand gathered to discuss new approaches for sustainably managing and restoring Thailand’s forests. This one-day workshop, hosted by International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the United Nations Forum on Forests (…
Story | 07 Nov, 2019
Islamabad, Pakistan, 6 November 2019 -The 7th International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Asia Regional Conservation Forum – one of Asia’s most important nature conservation events - kicked-off today with a strong focus on convening a…
Story | 17 Jun, 2019
Six years of conservation progress in Indo-Burma Biodiversity Hotspot
More than 100 conservation and development practitioners attended the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) Phase II Final Assessment Workshop, held from 28 to 30 May in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
Story | 14 Jun, 2019
From 28-30 May 2019, government officials from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam gathered in Bangkok to discuss the status and progress of wetland policies in the region. The discussion was part of a regional dialogue organised by the Indo-Burma Ramsar…
Story | 23 Apr, 2019
Indo-Burma training programme boosts wetlands resilience to climate change
From 23 March to 7 April, the IUCN Mekong WET project, in collaboration with the Mekong Wetland University Network and the U Minh Thuong National Park, organised a “Training of trainers” workshop in Viet Nam. The workshop is part of a comprehensive training…
Story | 22 Mar, 2019
Last November 2018, IUCN, through its Mekong WET project, and the Department of Freshwater and Wetlands Conservation (DFWC) of the Ministry of Environment (MoE) in Cambodia, organised a three-day Ramsar Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool (R-METT) Training…