Story | 14 Jun, 2021
What is high quality ecosystem restoration?
Ahead of the launch of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, the Decade’s science task force convened to answer this daunting question. This is what they said.
Artículo | 01 Mar, 2021
El primer catálogo mundial de ecosistemas permitirá esfuerzos de conservación coordinados
Gland, Suiza, 01 de marzo de 2021 (UICN) – La Unión Internacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza (UICN) publicó hoy su Tipología Global de Ecosistemas, el primer sistema integral para clasificar y mapear todos los…
Article | 01 Mar, 2021
Le premier catalogue mondial des écosystèmes permettra de coordonner les efforts de conservation
Gland, Suisse, 01 mars 2021 (UICN) - L'Union internationale pour la conservation de la nature (UICN) a publié aujourd'hui sa typologie globale des écosystèmes, le premier système complet de classification et de…
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…
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…
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