Grey literature | 2023
High Seas Biodiversity Treaty Policy Brief
An Introduction to the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction
Story | 21 Jun, 2022
The BIODEV2030 project, launched in early 2020 supports the country's development ambition, while promoting the adoption of voluntary sectoral commitments that incorporate ambitious biodiversity conservation and restoration measures.
Article | 21 Jun, 2022
Le Plan national de développement du Burkina Faso entend dynamiser des secteurs tels que l’agriculture, l’élevage et les mines, qui dépendent des ressources naturelles et impactent fortement la santé des écosystèmes.
Story | 02 Nov, 2021
Request for Proposals – consulting opportunities, Albania
IUCN Regional Office for Eastern Europe and Centrals Asia (ECARO) seeks one (1) international consultant specialised in hydrological engineering and 1 consulting company or team of consultants specialised in biodiversity, GIS, socio-economic and…
Story | 22 Feb, 2021
One-third of freshwater fish face extinction, warns new report
A new report ‘The World’s Forgotten Fishes’ reveals the extraordinary variety of freshwater fish. This variety accounts for over half of all the world’s fish species and is essential to the health of the world’s rivers, lakes and wetlands and well-being of societies and economies across the…
Story | 25 Mar, 2020
Nature-based Solutions for Water Infrastructure at your service
'Natural water infrastructure' is not built infrastructure. Instead, it is shaped, grown, eroded or deposited by nature over time. It refers to services nature provides for free, such as mangroves protecting shorelines from storms, peatlands sequestering carbon, wetlands filtering contaminated…
Story | 29 Aug, 2019
The Future of Dams - Viable Options or Stranded Assets?
Since the 1997 IUCN-World Bank study 'Large Dams: Learning from the Past, Looking at the Future' and the subsequent establishment of the World Commission on Dams, IUCN recognises dams are, for better or worse, an integral part of a post fossil-fuel future in which energy needs are met for all.…
Story | 18 Nov, 2018
New study looks at increasing the success and effectiveness of mangrove conservation investments
Research offers guidance on making mangrove conservation investments more sustainable and impactful
Press release | 22 Jun, 2017
Gland, Switzerland – IUCN former President, globally recognised environmentalist Yolanda Kakabadse, will Chair the new IUCN independent scientific and technical advisory panel on the restoration of the Rio Doce watershed in Brazil, following the 2015 collapse of the Fundão tailings dam at the…