Story | 24 Feb, 2015
Traditional knowledge certified for wildlife conservation
Namibia's Bwabwata National Park leaders have launched an innovative programme to assess and certify skills and competencies of Indigenous park trackers of the Khwe ethnic group.
Story | 23 Feb, 2015
Indigenous elders map out the future
A unique participatory method of mapping Rainforest Aboriginal knowledge, which has helped reconnect Indigenous communities throughout Australia, captured the imagination of delegates at the IUCN World Parks Congress 2014 (WPC) in Sydney.
Story | 21 Feb, 2015
The Futures of Privately Protected Areas
Privately protected areas are an essential component in achieving the CBD’s Aichi Biodiversity Target 11 on completing ecologically representative protected area networks around the world. This report aims to raise awareness about this type of protected area and provide a framework to show how…
Story | 19 Feb, 2015
Mounting pressure for marine protection
IUCN has teamed up with a coalition of leading marine conservation organisations to urge the British Government to safeguard the maritime zones of the UK’s overseas territories by creating three of the largest…
Press release | 19 Feb, 2015
Call for papers on: Enhancing food security through forest landscape restoration
Forest landscape restoration can dramatically improve food security in rural areas - but we need more evidence to understand how best this works, and where. We are calling for new research papers linking landscape restoration to food security.
Story | 09 Feb, 2015
Over €6 million boost for nature conservation in European Overseas Countries and Territories
There’s good news for biodiversity conservation in the millions of square kilometres of land and ocean that make up European Union (EU) Overseas Countries and Territories with the launch of a grants fund of over €6 million to be coordinated by IUCN.
Story | 02 Feb, 2015
World’s governments are failing on protected areas for nature
A new study has found that while governments are making progress in expanding Protected Area networks, these are failing to provide adequate coverage for nature.
Story | 02 Feb, 2015
Stakeholder Engagement Helps to Drive Long-term Sustainability
The International Union for Conservation of Nature – Regional Office for West Asia (IUCN ROWA) approach in the stakeholder engagement is to apply process which involves governmental and non-governmental institutions, who may be affected by World Heritage site declaration or can influence the…
Story | 02 Feb, 2015
Towards A Regional Strategy for Marine Protected Areas in the Arab World
“The Arab World Marine Protected Area (MPA) Symposium gave the experts in the Arab World the chance to exchange their experiences, highlight problems and gaps in the environmental sector in the Arab Region and suggest solutions for them. It reveals the importance of finding a structure that…
Story | 02 Feb, 2015
IUCN’s new Director General engages global leaders in Davos
As one of her first acts, IUCN Director General Inger Andersen participated in the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland.