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Global Summary
10,287 contributions
224 contributing IUCN constituents
Potential conservation benefits in saving biodiversity
17.6% of potential global species extinction risk reduction
Potential restoration benefits in saving biodiversity
8.3% of potential global species extinction risk reduction
Potential conservation benefits in reducing climate change
1% of potential global climate change mitigation through nature-based solutions
Potential restoration benefits in reducing climate change
13.7% of potential global climate change mitigation through nature-based solutions
Featured Contributions
Participación escolar y comunitaria en la producción de árboles forestales como parte de la estrategia de restauración de los bosques de la Reserva de la Biósfera Mariposa Monarca
Desde hace más de 10 años en colaboración con Comunidades, Ejidos y Escuelas de la región monarca se produce planta forestal propia de los bosques templados con el objetivo de fomentar la restauración ecológica y la educación ambiental. Este proyecto empodera a la sociedad en la conservación de los ecosistemas, promoviendo el desarrollo sostenible y la resiliencia climática. Cuando la planta en vivero cumple sus características necesarias para ser trasplantada en campo y cuando las condiciones climáticas son propicias, se realizan reforestaciones en áreas degradadas, zonas de recarga de acuíferos, terrenos propensos a deslizamientos, entre otros. El proyecto busca expandir su impacto, generando beneficios ambientales, sociales y económicos a largo plazo.
Integrating Riverine Wildlife Conservation with Fisheries and Water Management in India's Gangetic Pains
In India’s waterscapes, freshwater species such as Ganges river dolphins, gharials, freshwater turtles, otters, and waterbirds face serious threats such as accidental entanglement in fishing nets, targeted hunting by fishers, and competitive interactions over fishery resources. At the same time, capture fisheries provide a vital source of livelihood and nutritional security to many socio-economically marginalised communities in the Gangetic plains. Fishers are also dependent on adequate and clean water in rivers regulated by dams and barrages, and in that way, they suffer from river flow alterations just as biodiversity does. This inter-dependency between freshwater wildlife and fisheries is, thus, a key area for policy advocacy and engagement. WCT’s Riverine Ecosystems and Livelihoods (REAL) Programme seeks to examine the ways in which the objectives of fisheries and wildlife management in India’s Gangetic plains and Central India can be interwoven, specifically in areas where fishing activity and endangered freshwater species overlap. This programme also studies the conflicts over fishing rights in and around terrestrial and riverine or wetland protected areas. To this end, WCT conducts surveys and studies on ecological interactions between freshwater species and fishing activity; reviews existing gaps in fisheries and wildlife laws; and identifies the institutional and socio-economic factors underlying fishery conflicts both with wildlife conservation and other river-dependent stakeholders. This project builds on the long-term research and conservation efforts by its team in the Ganga River and its tributaries in the Gangetic plains. This project addresses three priority goals: 1) long-term survival of riverine species’ populations, 2) availability of adequate and productive riverine habitats for wildlife and fisheries, and 3) livelihood sustainability and social security for communities involved in conservation.
Identificación, restauración y protección de áreas forestales degradadas en 3 comunidades de la zona de amortiguamiento de la RPNSR, fragmento representativo del BAAPA
Contribuir a la conservación el BAAPA (Bosque Atlántico) a través de la reforestación, restauración y protección de áreas degradadas en la zona de amortiguamiento de la RPNSR (Reserva para Parque Nacional San Rafael). Zona de Influencia de la Reserva San Rafael – Distritos de Alto Verá, departamento de Itapúa, Paraguay, comunidades de Joveré, Santa Ana y Oga Ita. Con el apoyo y financiamiento de Fondo de Conservación de Bosques Tropicales (FCTB).
Northern Forest Initiative: Forest Restoration in North Macedonia and Albania
"Northern Forests Initiative: Forest Restoration in North Macedonia and Albania" is a project financially supported by the Swedish Postcode Lottery and executed by the IUCN Regional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia (IUCN ECARO) in collaboration with two national partners – Macedonian Ecological Society (MES) and Protection and Preservation of Natural Environment in Albania (PPNEA). The NFI Project is part of the Swedish Postcode Foundation’s Northern Forest Initiative. The NFI Project aims to contribute toward preventing further net loss of forests in Albania and North Macedonia by initiating restoration work in key biodiversity landscapes outside the protected areas and strengthening capacities and commitments toward sustainable forest management. The NFI Project is implemented by applying Nature-based solutions (NbS) for Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) in areas of importance for the conservation of the Balkan Lynx. The wider focus area of the NFI Project will be in the Bukovikj area for North Macedonia and Pashtrik-Morina area for Albania. The specific sites for restoration interventions are to be selected by applying a specialized Restoration Opportunities Assessment Methodology (ROAM).
Establishing of the Regional landscape park Studenykivskyi
Within this project, the Ukrainian Nature Conservation Group conducted a scientific study of the area. Based on the findings, the organization developed documentation for the official designation of these areas as protected, leading to the State of Ukraine's decision to grant them protected status. In collaboration with the local state administration, the Ukrainian Nature Conservation Group designed a concept for the management of this protected site. The local administration established a dedicated entity to oversee the protection and management of the ecosystems. The Ukrainian Nature Conservation Group continues to research the newly established regional landscape park and its surrounding areas, working towards the expansion of the protected site. In its first year of operation, the local administration allocated approximately $60,000 USD for the maintenance of the site. Under state commitments, this support is expected to be provided on a permanent basis.
Saving Ankarafantsika NP
Supporting local partner to protect Ankarafantsika National Park.