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LMMA practitioners in Tanzania gather to strengthen collaboration efforts for marine conservation
Locally Managed Marine Areas (LMMA) have emerged as a promising model that address challenges faced in marine conservation in the Western Indian Ocean region. Their community-led approach has been ...
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Churna Island Designated MPA, Boosting Marine Conservation Efforts
After years of dedicated marine protection efforts, Churna Island has finally been designated as the second Marine Protected Area (MPA) by the Government of Balochistan. This long-awaited decision ...
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Managing MIDAS : harmonising the management of Multi-Internationally Designated Areas
An Internationally Designated Area (IDA) is a natural area internationally recognised by a global or regional designation mechanism. Among these, there are 263 areas where different IDAs fully or ...
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Bridging global and local efforts: IUCN’s upcoming support in Indonesia’s effective marine conservation through the Coral Bond initiative
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recently participated in two pivotal events in Jakarta, Indonesia, further defining its role in providing support to advance marine ...
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We, the peoples of the United Nations
Every year in September most of the leaders of the world gather in New York for a week of high intensity diplomacy and networking under the auspices of the UN General Assembly opening. While each ...
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Asia Regional Conservation Forum concludes, charting a path to 2025 IUCN Congress
Bangkok, Thailand, 5 September 2024: The 8th IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Asia Regional Conservation Forum (RCF) concluded today in Bangkok, Thailand, after a three-day event ...
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IUCN SSC Orchid Specialist Group
This Group is a global network of experts who volunteer their time and expertise to build a scientific and practical foundation for the conservation of orchids (Orchidaceae) Orchidaceae are the ...
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Nature Conservation and Food Systems
The benefits of farming to biodiversity are especially relevant in the Mediterranean, where landscapes have been shaped by agricultural and grazing practices for generations. Nowadays, several ...
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IUCN SSC Crocodile Specialist Group
Of the 24 species of crocodilian, 7 are currently listed as Critically Endangered, 4 as Vulnerable, 12 as Least Risk. The IUCN SSC Crocodile Specialist Group (CSG) is a worldwide network of biologists ...
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IUCN SSC Climate Change Specialist Group
Changes have already been observed in a wide range of components of the Earth’s climate system (Garcia et al., 2014b), and ongoing changes are predicted, including in long term climate patterns and ..
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Indo-Burma Wetland Outlook 2022
The Indo-Burma Wetland Outlook (IBWO) is the first synthesis of the status and trends for wetlands across the five countries of the region and can act as a baseline for future assessments.
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Land degradation and climate change
Soil is the biggest terrestrial carbon sink. The world’s soils store more carbon than the planet’s biomass and atmosphere combined. This includes soil organic carbon, which is essentially biodiversity ...