IUCN CEM, in collaboration with Ficus Peru, Youth in Landscapes, International Forestry Student Association (IFSA), ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability, gaia-liNc, and Youth4Nature, are hosting an event at the World Conservation Congress’ NbS Pavillion: "Nature-based Solutions and Young Professionals…
Read More Nature-based Solutions & Young Professionals: Perceptions and Integration
By Somayeh Zahabnazouri, IUCN CEM Young Professional. A qanat is an underground water system that transports groundwater from a well called the Mother well at high elevation to a surface output spring at an elevation much lower than the Mother…
Read More The Sustainable Irrigation System of Persia, The Qanat
By Flora Martins, IUCN CEM Young Professional. The monitoring of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon carried out by the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) is well known. Through the Gross Amazon Deforestation Monitoring Project, PRODES, INPE has developed an…
Read More Native vegetation loss monitoring in Brazilian Biomes
By Mohd Shahnawaz Khan, IUCN CEM Young Professional. The habitat of the Ganges River Dolphin is under intense anthropogenic pressure (particularly in Ganga Basin), resulting in the decline of biodiversity due to habitat loss or degradation. Habitat degradation through pollution,…
By Deepu Sivadas, Lead, IUCN CEM Young Professionals Network. World Environment Day 2021 is celebrated with the theme “Ecosystem Restoration”. Restoration is key to the prosperity and well-being of people. It has been said that restoring about 15% of ecosystems…
By Ishita Jalan. We live in the age of crisis where countries are being constantly challenged with systemic problems and have very little time to act. COVID-19 global pandemic has shaken the world with its deadly and unpredictable nature. Further…
Read More Nature-based solutions as a pathway to increase community-resilience
By Somayeh Zahabnazouri, IUCN CEM Young Professional. The Fahraj plain lies in the southeast of Kerman Province on the southern margin of the Lut Desert, which is locally known as Lut-e Zangi Ahmad. Citriculture and palm gardening are the main…
Read More The Mega Nebkha in Fahraj plain, Southeastern Iran
