Press release | 20 Jul, 2022
Rangers from Zimbabwe, Kenya and DRC among global award winners
Kigali, Rwanda, 20 July 2022 (IUCN) - At the IUCN Africa Protected Areas Congress, twelve rangers and ranger teams from around the world received an International Ranger Award today for their extraordinary commitment to protecting nature and helping local communities.
Press release | 18 Jul, 2022
First IUCN Africa Protected Areas Congress opens in Kigali, Rwanda
Kigali, Rwanda, 18 July 2022 – The IUCN Africa Protected Areas Congress (APAC) – the first-ever Pan-African gathering of leaders, citizens, and interest groups focused on protected areas – begins today in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, with an address by the Prime Minister of Rwanda, Édouard…
Story | 08 Jul, 2022
The Plastic Waste Free Islands (PWFI) Ubuntoo "Greenhouse" currently holds hundreds of product, knowledge resources, and a news feed about plastic leakage and pollution specific to Small Island Developing States (SIDS). It resides within the Ubuntoo environmental solutions platform, to build…
Story | 05 Jul, 2022
New blue carbon partnership for Western Indian Ocean mangrove reforestation
As part of the Great Blue Wall initiative, designed to accelerate ocean conservation and regenerative economic development in the Western Indian Ocean, IUCN and Blue Forest Company used the UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon to announce a new blue carbon partnership, with work beginning in Mozambique…
Press release | 06 Jul, 2022
IUCN Africa Protected Areas Congress to shape continent's conservation agenda
Kigali, Rwanda, 1 July 2022 - The first IUCN Africa Protected Areas Congress (APAC) will open in Kigali, Rwanda, on 18 July 2022. It is the first ever continent-wide gathering of African leaders, citizens, and interest groups focused on protected areas.
Story | 21 Jun, 2022
The BIODEV2030 project, launched in early 2020 supports the country's development ambition, while promoting the adoption of voluntary sectoral commitments that incorporate ambitious biodiversity conservation and restoration measures.
Story | 07 Jun, 2022
Addressing gender-based violence and environment linkages to deliver improved rights-based, gender-responsive conservation, climate action and sustainable development for all.
Story | 06 Jun, 2022
Ethiopia mobilizes leaders and policy makers to mainstream biodiversity
The ‘Pathway to Prosperity’ proposed by Ethiopia’s 2021-2030 National Development Plan aims to ensure inclusive and equitable development. However, such development is highly dependent on biodiversity, which is already under pressure. Launched by IUCN in the country…
Story | 06 Jun, 2022
TFCA Financing Facility hands over Covid-19 response grants to SADC TFCAs
In a ceremony held on the 3rd of May 2022 in Johannesburg, South Africa, organised by International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), two cheques were handed over to the first recipients of Covid-19 Response Grants. The cheques are part of…
Story | 01 Jun, 2022
Rodrigue MOURBARE SALI, Water and Forestry Engineer, Head of the Anti-Poaching Unit, Ministry of Forests and Wildlife, Faro National Park, and student at ERAIFT in the Professional Master's programme in Protected Areas Management is joined in this conversation by Cécile Fattebert of the IUCN…