Story | 06 May, 2019
Fourth article of the Children as Champions of Climate Change - stories from all around the Planet series
Story | 06 May, 2019
IUCN welcomes the Intergovernmental Platform’s Assessment of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
IUCN welcomes the Global Assessment of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services report, which reveals the severity of the loss of living nature and its grave consequences for humans. The report was published today by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services…
Story | 06 May, 2019
Data webinar by BIOPAMA, 7 May 2019
The BIOPAMA data webinar series continues with a third webinar, focused on the practical collection and analysis of data to generate information products for specific policy needs, targeting specifically the context of the Eastern and Southern Africa region.
Publication | 2019
Genetic frontiers for conservation...synthesis and key messages
In recent years synthetic biology has emerged as a suite of techniques and technologies that enable humans to read, interpret, modify, design and manufacture DNA in order to rapidly influence the forms and functions of cells and organisms, with the potential to reach whole species and ecosystems…
Publication | 2019
Genetic frontiers for conservation...technical assessment
In recent years synthetic biology has emerged as a suite of techniques and technologies that enable humans to read, interpret, modify, design and manufacture DNA in order to rapidly influence the forms and functions of cells and organisms, with the potential to reach whole species and ecosystems…
Story | 02 May, 2019
PANORAMA’s solutions as evidence base on rights-based conservation and nature’s role in the SDGs
What is the role of protected and conserved areas in supporting human needs, by preserving ecosystems and the benefits they offer to society? What is “just conservation”, and which rights “arise” in the context of nature conservation, for example…
Publication | 2019
Harvest monitoring of snakes in trade
The primary purpose of these guidelines is to assist those actively engaged in snake harvest and trade situations, who are faced with the need to implement monitoring and management. It is written for government wildlife managers, conservationists, professional scientists, and amateurs…
Story | 02 May, 2019
Myanmar Restoration Opportunities Assessment Methodology (ROAM) report
In collaboration with the Forest Department and The Nature Conservation (TNC) and with funding from the UK Department for International Development (DFID) International Forestry Knowledge (KnowFor), IUCN has completed a national Restoration…
Story | 01 May, 2019
IUCN Viet Nam and Con Dao National Park are pleased to announce the call for marine turtle conservation volunteer programme 2019 in Con Dao NP, Ba Ria – Vung Tau Province, Viet Nam.
Story | 01 May, 2019
Sharing fish conservation experiences in Laos
For the last five years, FISHBIO has been working with communities in northern Laos to establish and manage Fish Conservation Zones (FCZs) in the Mekong River, which are areas closed to fishing that can help fish populations increase in number.