Story | 01 Mar, 2021
First-ever global catalogue of ecosystems will enable coordinated conservation efforts
Gland, Switzerland, 01 March 2021 (IUCN) – The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) today published its Global Typology of Ecosystems, the first-…
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…
Press release | 24 Jul, 2020
Гланд, Швейцария, 23 июля 2020 г. (МСОП). Сегодня МСОП опубликовал Глобальный стандарт решений с учетом природных факторов, который впервые в мире создал точку отсчета, позволяющую оценивать такие решения, являющиеся ответом на глобальные вызовы. Новый Глобальный стандарт МСОП…
Press release | 23 Jul, 2020
IUCN Standard to boost impact of nature-based solutions to global challenges
Gland, Switzerland, 23 July 2020 (IUCN) – IUCN today unveiled a Global Standard providing the first-ever set of benchmarks for nature-based solutions to global challenges. The new IUCN Global Standard will help governments, business and civil society ensure the effectiveness of…
Comunicado de prensa | 23 Jul, 2020
Gland, Suiza, 23 de julio de 2020 (UICN) - La UICN presentó hoy un Estándar Global que proporciona el primer conjunto de criterios de referencia para las Soluciones basadas en la Naturaleza (SbN) para hacer frente a los desafíos globales. El nuevo estándar…
Communiqué de presse | 23 Jul, 2020
Gland, Suisse, le 23 Juillet 2020 (UICN) - Aujourd’hui, l’UICN lance un Standard mondial, offrant le tout premier référentiel pour les Solutions fondées sur la Nature face aux défis mondiaux. Le nouveau Standard mondial de l'UICN aidera les gouvernements, les entreprises et la…
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 | 11 Mar, 2020
Sikkim Workshop on Resilient Himalayan Environment and Community
Under Coping with Uncertainties project (CwU), IUCN organized one day state level workshop entitled “Building Resilient Himalayan Environment & Community” on 21st February 2020 at Gangtok, Sikkim.
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 | 23 May, 2019
From helplessness to hope through restoration
With successive waves of environmental foreboding predicted by the world’s leading scientific authorities, hopeful nature-based solutions for the planet’s future have never been more necessary. Fortunately, from increasing the productivity of…