Story | 19 Feb, 2019
Blog: Mainstreaming inclusive green growth in Tanzania
By Michael Kwame Nkonu. Like many countries in East Africa, Tanzania is dealing with the impacts of climate change which are often manifested in frequent and severe droughts in this part of the world. As observed in the 2003, 2005 and 2009 drought years, the resultant drying out of key water…
Story | 19 Feb, 2019
Myanmar continues development of its national Red List
On January15-18, 2019, more than 30 of Myanmar’s top mammal experts met in Nay Pyi Taw to continue the development of a National Red List of Threatened Species.
Jointly published | 2018
The Protected Planet Report 2018 provides an update of progress towards Aichi Biodiversity Target 11 at the global scale. With two years to go until 2020, the Protected Planet Report 2018 confirms that significant progress has been made to accelerate protection of biodiversity on land and in the…
Grey literature | 2018
The Protected Planet Report 2018 provides an update of progress towards Aichi Biodiversity Target 11 at the global scale. With two years to go until 2020, the Protected Planet Report 2018 confirms that significant progress has been made to accelerate protection of biodiversity on land and in the…
Story | 18 Feb, 2019
BIOPAMA: call for experts for the Regional Advisory Committees
IUCN seeks applications from qualified individuals to serve on the Regional Advisory Committee (RAC) established to provide analysis and recommendations on the selection of grantees for the BIOPAMA action component.
Story | 14 Feb, 2019
European experts come together to focus on innovations to improve forest benefits
Involving the right people at the right time is key to the success of any new venture. The SINCERE project has turned its focus to a broad range of European-level experts and invited their insight and experience on the development of the project’s eleven Case Studies.
Story | 14 Feb, 2019
BIOPAMA launches a call for experts to join the Pacific Regional Action Component Advisory Committee
IUCN has launched a call for experts to serve on the Biodiversity and Protected Areas Management (BIOPAMA) Programme Action Component Pacific Regional Advisory Committee (RAC).
Story | 13 Feb, 2019
By Irum Ahsan, Gregorio Rafael P. Bueta, and Briony Eales - The Asian Development Bank (ADB), in partnership with the Supreme Court of the Union of Myanmar and the United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment), hosted the Asia Pacific Judicial Conference on Environmental and Climate…
Story | 13 Feb, 2019
Forest landscape restoration in Asia – Promoting human wellbeing and ecological integrity
Representatives from 12 Asian countries met in Bangkok, Thailand on January 23-24, 2019 to exchange experiences on forest landscape restoration (FLR) and the Bonn Challenge. The workshop, ASEAN’s Leadership in Forest Landscape Restoration: Supporting the Bonn Challenge & the New York…
Story | 11 Feb, 2019
The conservation right: a new property right for sustainability
By Jaime Ubilla - Traditional property rights have existed for more than 2000 years, but today we are witnessing the development of a new kind of property right: a conservation right (“Conservation Right”), which has emerged from legal research conducted at the University of Edinburgh in the UK…