Story | 08 Apr, 2019
60th birthday of the World Database on Protected Areas!
The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) is the most comprehensive global database of protected areas, updated on a monthly basis, and is one of the key global biodiversity data sets used widely by scientists, businesses, governments, Multilateral…
Story | 08 Apr, 2019
Five African countries are now implementing the IUCN Green List (GL) initiative: Kenya was the pilot country in 2014, followed by Benin in 2016, Cote d’Ivoire in 2017, and Madagascar and Nigeria in 2018. In order to build a GL network in Africa dedicated to sharing successful conservation…
Story | 08 Apr, 2019
PANORAMA wins IUCN “One Programme” Impact Award
Often, lessons learnt from conservation and sustainable development initiatives are not well captured and shared to inform future planning. Means and tools for practitioners to benefit from learning about similar experiences…
Story | 08 Apr, 2019
A first step towards business engagement in biodiversity in Central and West Africa
More than fifty participants including IUCN staff and Members, civil society representatives, conservation actors and businesses got together in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso from 18 to 20 March, 2019 for the first regional meeting…
Story | 08 Apr, 2019
During its 96th meeting, the IUCN Council admitted 21 new Members to the Union.
Story | 05 Apr, 2019
Modern food systems and family farming
One in five people are family farmers. That’s a lot of people with tremendous collective power to influence productive systems and the environment. As they organise, they bring to life the intentions of the UN Decade on Family Farming (2019-2028), which just kicked…
Story | 02 Apr, 2019
International Women's Day 2019
International Women's Day is celebrated annually on March 8. International Women's Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women - while also marking a call to action for accelerating gender balance.
Story | 02 Apr, 2019
Biodiversity in Cambodia: protecting water birds, creating strong riverine communities
The Sesan, Sekong and Sre Pok (3S) rivers of Cambodia, Lao PDR and Viet Nam together form the largest and most important transboundary watersheds and tributaries to the Mekong River. Aside from providing food and livelihoods to over three million people living…
Story | 01 Apr, 2019
This is the fourth in a series of interviews with Natura 2000 experts as part of the LIFE Green List for N2K project. In this interview, Thierry Lefebvre, the programme officer on protected areas of the IUCN French Committee, shares his optimism and hope towards the benefits of the pilot project…
Story | 31 Mar, 2019
IUCN welcomes the Kingdom of Bahrain as new State Member
IUCN ROWA looks forward to a mutually rewarding cooperation between the Kingdom of Bahrain Government and the Regional Office