...f Tourism Wildlife and Antiquities, Hon. Tom Butime and His Excellency Attilio Pacifici, European Ambassador to Uganda. This article was produced with the financial support of the European Union. Its contents are the sole responsibility of IUCN NL and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union. Learn more? Paul Villaespesa Expert Nature Conservation Email: paul.villaespesa@iucn.nl... More information
The Sustainability and Inclusion Strategy for Growth Corridors in Africa (SUSTAIN-Africa) just published its progress report for 2018-2019 summarizing the main achievements of this IUCN-led programme to date. IUCN NL is one of the partners of this initiative. Starting in 2014, SUSTAIN-Africa was created to implement climate-resilient landscape development in Tanzania and Mozambique to catalyse the... More information
Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in Paraguay, the Pantanal Reserve and its visitor’s center run by our partner organisation Guyra Paraguay have been closed. To allow people to discover the beauty of the reserve from the safety of their own homes, Guyra Paraguay developed an interactive map that makes it possible to virtually walk the parks’ trails and learn about the many species that live there... More information
Header photo: Portrait of a woman in Sierra Leone © Joshua Hanson for Unsplash Over 60% of women in the Rukwa-Katavi region in Tanzania depend on agriculture. It is legally established that women, just like men, have a right to land. However, practice has shown otherwise: customs and traditions cause many women to be unable to obtain property rights. IUCN NL supports local partner organizations t... More information
...prepared to engage effectively with the people they encounter during their patrols and the surrounding communities.’ This article was produced with the financial support of the European Union. Its contents are the sole responsibility of IUCN NL and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union. Learn more? Paul Villaespesa Expert Nature Conservation Email: paul.villaespesa@iucn.nl... More information
Photo by Erwin Mascarinas From 2016 – 2020, IUCN NL, WWF Netherlands and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs formed a partnership to strengthen the capacity of local NGOs and civil society organisations in a total of 16 low- and middle-income countries to join forces with the public and private sector to protect climate resilience, the water supply and food security. Around the world... More information
...CSOs could speak with one voice to succeed in our work.” Because of the knowledge and skills shared by the experts, the CSOs were able to join forces in oil campaigns by questioning the process and content of environmental and social impact assessments (ESIAs) and file a case against the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) and Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU). Solid basis for eng... More information
‘100% of our (countries’) soya consumption is produced according to the law and in a way that protects forests and valuable native vegetation (deforestation and conversion free).’ That is the goal seven European National Soya Initiatives, among which the Dutch Soy Platform convened by IUCN NL, committed to in a joint statement. Header photo: Soybeans © Kelly Sikkema for Unsplash ... More information
...ducted three webinars to help build capacity on gender and social inclusion, specifically for SRJS partners.UN CC:Learn hosts a self-paced, free online course on gender and the environment, including content on climate change, water, biodiversity, land degradation, and chemicals and waste.Conservation International (CI) developed guidelines for integrating gender and social equity in conservation... More information
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