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…
Artículo | 23 Mar, 2020
UICN aprueba el primer Estándar global sobre Soluciones basadas en la naturaleza
La UICN ha desarrollado el primer estándar global sobre soluciones basadas en la naturaleza, el cual fue aprobado en la última sesión del Consejo, y cuyo lanzamiento oficial ocurrirá en el próximo Congreso Mundial de la Naturaleza de la UICN.
Story | 17 Feb, 2020
IUCN Council adopts first-ever Global Standard on Nature-based Solutions
Gland, Switzerland – The first-ever Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions has been developed by IUCN. Last week, the IUCN Council adopted the standard, clearing the way for it to be launched at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in June.…
Story | 30 Sep, 2019
BRIDGE: Hydrodiplomacy in Action
Globally, over 310 lake and river basins stretch across national borders. Around 60% of those lack any type of cooperative management framework. Good transboundary water management is crucial for peace, security, economic development and environmental…
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…
Story | 14 Dec, 2018
Derelict Fishing Gear from the World’s Marine Capture Fisheries
Assessment of Annual Rates and Levels of Abandoned, Lost and Discarded Fishing Gear in Global Marine Capture Fisheries
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