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Using Ecosystem-based Adaptation to Enhance Livelihoods and Improve Resilience in Mountain Ecosystems
In transboundary mountain ecosystems across Nepal, Bhutan, Peru, Colombia, Kenya, and Uganda, IUCN and partners have worked from 2017 - 2022 to implement ecosystem-based adaptation approaches to ...
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Women as change-makers in the governance of shared waters
Issues of women’s participation and gender equality in the governance of shared waters have received insufficient attention to date in both the research and practice literature, yet action is ...
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IUCN Red List categories
The threatened species categories used in Red Data Books and Red Lists have been in place for almost 30 years. The Red Data Book categories provide an easily and widely understood method for ...
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IUCN SSC Plant Conservation Committee
The PCC is responsible for advising and assisting on the overall prioritisation and programme oversight within the SSC to deliver on its plant conservation responsibilities. The PCC works to support .
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Responsive governance
In March 2016, the failure of the Fundão Dam killed 19 people, destroyed villages, and spread mud along 670 km of the Rio Doce basin in the Brazilian states of Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo. A ...
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Lake Toba and the Batak legacy: harmonising indigenous wisdom with conservation
A Batak indigenous woman is planting crops in her field near my father’s village. We chat. The lady, who happens to be a distant aunt, has lived in the Tapanuli region with her extended family near ...
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Step into serenity: Unveiling new ecotourism sites in northern Pakistan
This year, the World Environment Day 2024 was marked by significant global efforts to promote environmental restoration and sustainability. IUCN Pakistan celebrated this day by inaugurating two ...
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Source-to-sea and landscape approaches in the Rio Doce Basin
Watersheds are areas delimited by a main river and its tributaries that flow into the same watercourse. They are important units to consider when integrating water resources management and ...
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Kawésqar Wæs - Patagonia Chilena es el hogar de los Kawésqar
Estos magníficos y prístinos paisajes albergan cientos de especies de aves, mamíferos, reptiles, peces, plantas y hongos, que prosperan en los bosques, humedales, glaciares y en los innumerables ...
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The plastic pollution crisis
Plastics only began to be produced in large quantities following the second world war – but plastic pollution has since become one of the most serious threats humanity faces. By 2015, 60% of all ...
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Áreas Protegidas y humedales para el futuro: la propuesta de la Lista Verde de la UICN
Acorde a la Convención de Ramsar, un humedal es una zona de la superficie terrestre que está temporal o permanentemente inundada, regulada por factores climáticos y en constante interrelación con los ...
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Perú y Ecuador consolidan su historia de cooperación en gestión de aguas transfronterizas
Luego de un exitoso proceso de negociación, el miércoles 25 de octubre de 2023, los Estados de Ecuador y Perú suscribieron el Reglamento de la Comisión Binacional para la Gestión Integrada de los ...