Artículo | 21 Apr, 2020
Mediante la generación de alianzas estratégicas se logró la legalización de dos organizaciones y una propuesta de formación técnica para emprendimientos en biocomercio de El Salvador y Guatemala.
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 | 12 Mar, 2020
Report: Blue Infrastructure Finance, where all win
All coastal and marine ecosystems are critical to human well-being and global biodiversity. Mangroves, coral reefs, and seagrass beds are examples of these. But urban and rural infrastructure investments are having a heavy negative impact on these systems, and it is…
Artículo | 26 Feb, 2020
La economía de estas familias, tradicionalmente dedicadas a la pesca y la extracción de cangrejo azul, se complementa ahora con la producción de miel, un emprendimiento de biocomercio impulsado por el Proyecto Regional de Biodiversidad Costera.
Story | 13 Feb, 2020
Blueyou business partners with mangrove trees to turn a profit
The swirling question posed by any business wanting to take part in nature conservation is how to make it profitable. In Indonesia, the “Selva Shrimp” project is on the way to proving that small-scale farming with active nature conservation can create livelihoods for local communities. At the…
Artículo | 10 Jan, 2020
Las donaciones van desde los 5 mil hasta los 25 mil dólares y se asignarán a iniciativas localizadas en la cuenca baja de Río Paz, Río Motagua y el Sistema Lagunar de Karataska, ubicados en El Salvador, Guatemala y Honduras respectivamente, sitios clave…
Story | 05 Nov, 2019
Youth hold the key to expanding conservation impact in Africa
Blog by Nancy Nthiga on youth involvement in conservation and her experience at the IUCN 2019 Regional Conservation Forum for Eastern and Southern Africa
Artículo | 31 Oct, 2019
PreCOP25 genera importantes aportes en soluciones basadas en la naturaleza y océanos
Tres intensos días de paneles, reuniones y diálogo político, congregaron a cerca de 1500 delegados de 86 países, quienes prepararon el camino hacia la COP 25. La UICN estuvo presente en esta importante cita y aportó desde su experiencia a la…
Story | 25 Oct, 2019
IUCN launched a book on governance for ecosystem-based Adaptation
Based on experience gained in Mesoamerica, this book reflects on the multiple aspects of Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) governance and seeks to offer recommendations to stimulate the necessary changes in policies, laws and institutions that…
Press release | 15 Oct, 2019
Charting a course to sustainability and equity in the blue economy
CEESP News: By Dr. Nathan Bennett, Chair of the 'People and the Ocean' CEESP Specialist Group.
The global rush to develop the ‘blue economy’ risks harming both the marine environment and human wellbeing. Bold policies and actions are urgently needed. This paper outlines five priorities…