{"id":11543,"date":"2021-01-19T09:37:56","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T08:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/wat-wij-doen\/"},"modified":"2025-06-04T10:43:52","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T09:43:52","slug":"our-work","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/our-work\/","title":{"rendered":"What we do"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"background background-preset-primary\" id=\"block_421fca0980bb6dc5cf4d6adfe617a3d3\">\n             <div class=\"dark custom-padding-top\">\n    \n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nature is the foundation of all life on Earth. But this foundation is under threat. That is why we work with local communities around the world to protect and strengthen their nature and their rights. We focus in particular on areas where biodiversity is under pressure and which are important for nature conservation and the people who depend on these areas. Our vision is a just world, including for nature.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>IUCN NL always works in close collaboration with local partners. We <strong>connect<\/strong>. We do this by working with a wide range of partners, including nature organisations, governments, businesses and research institutes. In this way, we work towards a <strong>holistic <\/strong>approach to nature conservation and sustainable development that takes into account all relevant aspects and interests: ecological, economic and socio-cultural. We work in a <strong>multidisciplinary <\/strong>and <strong>cross-border<\/strong> manner, linking knowledge, policy and practice, and connecting the <strong>local <\/strong>with the <strong>international<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>We work on the following themes:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:8px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Camino-Antiguo-Tapera-Incendio-2021-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-271638 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Camino-Antiguo-Tapera-Incendio-2021-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Camino-Antiguo-Tapera-Incendio-2021-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Camino-Antiguo-Tapera-Incendio-2021-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Camino-Antiguo-Tapera-Incendio-2021-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Camino-Antiguo-Tapera-Incendio-2021-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/768;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/our-work\/climate\/\">Climate<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Peasant-woman-in-the-Colombian-Amazon_Photo-by-FCDS_final-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-271658 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Peasant-woman-in-the-Colombian-Amazon_Photo-by-FCDS_final-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Peasant-woman-in-the-Colombian-Amazon_Photo-by-FCDS_final-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Peasant-woman-in-the-Colombian-Amazon_Photo-by-FCDS_final-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Peasant-woman-in-the-Colombian-Amazon_Photo-by-FCDS_final.jpg 1499w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/768;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/our-work\/environmental-justice-and-inclusion\/\">Environmental justice and inclusion<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"767\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Maleovogels-in-Tompotika-Sulawesi_Photo-Stephanie-Broekarts-IUCN-NL-small-1024x767.png\" alt=\"Maleos in Tompotika Sulawesi_Photo Stephanie Broekarts IUCN NL\" class=\"wp-image-267990 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Maleovogels-in-Tompotika-Sulawesi_Photo-Stephanie-Broekarts-IUCN-NL-small-1024x767.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Maleovogels-in-Tompotika-Sulawesi_Photo-Stephanie-Broekarts-IUCN-NL-small-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Maleovogels-in-Tompotika-Sulawesi_Photo-Stephanie-Broekarts-IUCN-NL-small-768x575.png 768w, https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Maleovogels-in-Tompotika-Sulawesi_Photo-Stephanie-Broekarts-IUCN-NL-small.png 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/767;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/our-work\/nature-conservation\/\">Nature conservation<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Coffee-Cultivation-Training-in-Sirukam-Village-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-271636 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Coffee-Cultivation-Training-in-Sirukam-Village-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Coffee-Cultivation-Training-in-Sirukam-Village-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Coffee-Cultivation-Training-in-Sirukam-Village-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Coffee-Cultivation-Training-in-Sirukam-Village-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Coffee-Cultivation-Training-in-Sirukam-Village-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/768;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/our-work\/responsible-value-chains-and-investing-in-nature\/\">Responsible value chains and investing in nature<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">Photo credits:<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">Burnt forest in Nembi Guasu, Bolivia (c) Nativa Bolivia<\/mark><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">Woman in Colombian Amazon (c) FCDS<\/mark><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">Maleobird on Sulawesi (c) Stephanie Broekaerts \/ IUCN NL<\/mark><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">Coffee cultivation training in Sirukam, Indonesia (c) KKI WARSI<\/mark><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nature is the foundation of all life on Earth. 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