Story | 02 Jun, 2022
Journalists as Advocates for Nature
The media plays a crucial role in educating the public. To increase the regional journalists' awareness on how East Africa’s most iconic wildlife and habitats are inextricably linked to its people’s survival and well-being, a trip supported by the USAID funded CONNECT project, was organized to…
Story | 27 May, 2022
RECONECT: Upscaling Nature-based Solutions
RECONECT, a 5-year EU project implementing Nature-based Solutions to reduce water-related climate risks, held its 7th general assembly in Zurich from 23 to 25 May 2022.
Story | 23 May, 2022
Fantastic Freshwater: 50 landmark species for conservation
To mark International Day for Biodiversity (22 May), a new report shines the spotlight on overlooked and underappreciated freshwater species that are in urgent need of conservation. 'Fantastic Freshwater: 50 landmark species for conservation' is the result of a…
Story | 22 May, 2022
IUCN and Con Dao National Park would like to express our sincere thanks for all applicants of marine turtle conservation volunteer programme 2022 in Con Dao National Park.
Story | 09 May, 2022
Meet the Hoverflies expert - Axel Ssymank
This is the eleventh in a series of interviews with the network of Experts involved in developing the IUCN’s European Red List (ERL) of Hoverflies. The project aims to assess the extinction risk of hoverfly species across Europe, and will contribute to guiding decisions and conservation action…
Story | 09 May, 2022
Throughout 2021, the Fishing Cat Ecological Enterprise (FCEE) conducted biodiversity surveys and camera-trapping in Stung Sen Ramsar Site (SSRS), and used the IUCN Mekong WET Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment (CCVA) to understand the…
Story | 09 May, 2022
Throughout 2021, the Fishing Cat Ecological Enterprise (FCEE) worked with community members and government stakeholders in Koh Kapik Ramsar Site, Cambodia, to implement climate change adaptation measures to strengthen the wetland’s resilience to climate change.
Story | 04 May, 2022
Important Shark and Ray Areas news
The IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group has developed the foundations for an expert-driven innovative approach to ensure that discrete portions of habitats, critical to shark species, are delineated and used in various place-based conservation and management initiatives…
Story | 28 Apr, 2022
The representatives of Montenegro and Serbia strongly emphasised the importance and the role Biodiversity Task Force for South-East Europe (BDTF SEE) could play in relation to the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework implementation in their statements at the CBD Geneva meetings 2022 end-March…