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 | 22 Mar, 2019
From 19 to 21 March, the BRIDGE GBM Civil Society Organisation (CSO) Network, through the BRIDGE Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) programme facilitated by IUCN, organised a workshop in Sreemangal, Bangladesh, on the week of World Water Day. The workshop aimed to enhance CSO understanding of…
Story | 11 Mar, 2019
IUCN mourns the loss of leading conservationist Lew Young
It is with great sadness that IUCN Asia announces that conservationist Dr. Lew Young passed away on 5th March 2019. His passing is a tremendous loss to the conservation community.
Story | 18 Dec, 2018
GrowGreen: Chinese cities grow and with it, the need for green
Blog by Claire Warmenbol. Worldwide out of the 47 megacities, China alone counts 17. These are cities with a population in excess of 10 million people. Today over half of the Chinese mainland population lives in cities. Towards 2030, China aims for 70% of its population, about 900 million people…
Story | 02 Nov, 2017
Cooperative governance of the Ganges Brahmaputra Meghna Basins (GBM) region was strengthened through the recent launch of a Civil Society Organisation (CSO) vision for improved transboundary water management. The vision, which was developed by a network of over 25 CSOs from Bangladesh, Bhutan,…
Story | 20 Sep, 2016
Conserving the natural wealth of the Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspot
The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) in the Indo-Burma region continues to gather momentum with the launch of two new calls for proposals, the organisation of capacity building events and discussions on the grant-making mechanism’s plans for the future.
Article | 09 Aug, 2016
5ième EDITION DU MAGAZINE TRIMESTRIEL "PROGRAMME CAMEROUN INFOS".
Le magazine Trimestriel d'information du Programme Cameroun de l'Union Internationale pour la Conservation de la Nature.
Article | 08 Jul, 2016
Le "Partenariat pour la Gouvernance Environnementale en Afrique de l’Ouest (PAGE)", en collaboration avec le GIE-MARHABA, a organisé du 30 mai au 03 juin 2016 à Tamou au Niger, l’atelier de renforcement des capacités des acteurs locaux sur la démarche "Analyse et Développement des Marchés – ADM…
Article | 07 Jul, 2016
Les parlementaires de l’UEMOA se mobilisent pour la gestion durable des ressources naturelles
Une délégation de l’UICN a rencontré des membres du Comité Interparlementaire de l’UEMOA (CIP) pour renforcer les activités parlementaires visant la conservation du patrimoine environnementale d’Afrique de l’Ouest et la gestion transfrontalière des ressources naturelles en particulier.
Article | 22 Jun, 2016
Développement du mécanisme d'Observation du Littoral d'Afrique de Ouest
L’érosion côtière, la mobilité du trait de côte et plus largement l’évolution naturelle des littoraux, ont des conséquences sociales et économiques importantes, qui sont observées en Afrique de l’Ouest depuis plusieurs décennies.