By Meredith DeCock-Caspell, IUCN CEM Young Professional. As coastal zones become increasingly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, many communities become paralyzed with how to move forward. Planning to adapt will not get you anywhere. Maintaining the status quo…
By Claire Pedrot, IUCN CEM Young Professional. In 2014, after a few years in Canada (I'm French), the opportunity to work at IUCN Headquarters for a 3-month maternity leave replacement occurred. I was fortunate enough to stay there longer, a…
By Angel Daen Morales Garcia, IUCN CEM Young Professional. Indigenous region of the Sierra Otomí-Tepehua, is in the Sierra Madre Oriental in the northeastern state of Hidalgo in Mexico. Pollution, deforestation, unsustainable management of ecosystems, and the desertification severely affect…
By Deepu Sivadas, Co-Lead, IUCN CEM Young Professionals Network. Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are increasingly accepted and being implemented to address our societal challenges related with Climate Change, Disaster Risk, Water Security, Food Security, Human Health and Socioeconomic Development. After a…
By Sonia Kumari, IUCN CEM Young Professional. Wetlands are one of the world’s most productive ecosystems and play a pivotal role in ecological and economic wellbeing benefits. The ecological role of these wetlands is being undervalued, resulting in widespread loss…
Read More Two day National Workshop on Conservation and Management of Urban Wetland
By Diego Alonso Portugal Del Pino, Co-Lead, IUCN CEM Nature-based Solutions Thematic Group. Spanish version of this post can be read here. In 2015, together with colleagues from different fields of study, we decided to create an NGO Ficus Peru,…
Read More Nature-based Solutions in Peru: Challenges and opportunities for the cities of the country
By Deepu Sivadas, Co-Lead, IUCN CEM Young Professionals Network. In the 1980s, climate change was considered a matter for the future. In 2019, we faced the harsh reality of climate change. Studies and reports have indicated that we are almost…
