Story | 08 Mar, 2021
Forest landscape restoration needs women
Women play a key role in natural resource use and management, particularly in agriculture and forested landscape systems and along value chains. On International Women’s Day, IUCN delves into why women should be at the forefront of the global…
Story | 05 Mar, 2021
The Centre for Environmental Law (CEL) at Macquarie University recently launched the Biodiversity Law and Governance Webinar Series “Law and Nature Dialogues”.
Story | 05 Mar, 2021
Gland, Switzerland, 05 March 20201 (IUCN) – IUCN has called on governments to channel investments towards nature and nature-based solutions as part of their economic recovery packages to address the ongoing pandemic.
Story | 03 Mar, 2021
Kampala, Uganda, 3 March 2021. Grants to the total value of 368’939 EUR have been awarded to five organisations in Uganda to address biodiversity conservation needs. The European Union…
Story | 03 Mar, 2021
IUCN and IGAD Secretariat with funding from Swiss Development and Cooperation (SDC) through BRIDGE 4 initiative supported a Kenya National Stakeholders Dialogue held in Naivasha, Kenya from 11-12 February 2021.
Story | 02 Mar, 2021
Kenya launches $34 million project to tackle effects of climate change
Kenya has launched a 5-year, USD 34 million project under the Green Climate Fund (GCF) to help reduce the cost of climate change-induced drought on the country’s national economy
Publication | 2021
The conservation status of marine biodiversity of the Western Indian Ocean
The Western Indian Ocean is comprised of productive and highly diverse marine ecosystems that are rich sources of food security, livelihoods, and natural wonder. The ecological services that species provide are vital to the productivity of these ecosystems and healthy biodiversity is essential…
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-…
Blog | 01 Mar, 2021
At the brink of extinction: The iconic Masked Finfoot of Indo-Burma’s forested wetlands
Few species of waterbirds in the Indo-Burma region are as threatened as the highly distinct Masked Finfoot, currently listed as ‘Endangered’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species and ranked 43 on the EDGE species list. A new study published in the journal, Forktail: Journal of Asian…
Story | 01 Mar, 2021
New data reveals slow progress in achieving gender equality in environmental decision making
Around the world, women are leaders, stewards, educators, engineers, farmers and scientists who contribute invaluable experiences and knowledge to effectively safeguard our environment and realise sustainable development goals. So where are they in top decision-making positions? This…