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🎊 Join us for the second UN Decade Ecosystem Restoration Digital Hub Regional Webinar focusing on Africa and taking place Tuesday, June 23rd!
📅 Date: June 23, 2026
⏰ Time: 15:00 - 16:30 EAT
📍 Location: engage.iucn.org/event/iucn-a...
🌍 Explore existing initiatives: www.decadeonrestoration.org
Access to finance remains one of the biggest barriers to scaling land restoration efforts.
Watch the video for key insights and learn more in the full guide 👉 lnkd.in/d78ESNpM
Access to finance remains one of the biggest barriers to scaling land restoration efforts.
A new report explores why many organisations on the frontlines of land degradation still struggle to access funding, and what both donors and civil society can do 👉 iucn.org/resources/gr...
🌎This World Environment Day, let us be reminded of the importance of protecting our planets vital ecosystems.
One important and ancient ecosystem can be found in old growth grasslands. To learn more, read the full report: iucn.org/resources/ot...
🐼 The first webinar in the IUCN and the UN Decade Ecosystem Restoration Hub Series focused on restoration in Asia and Oceania, guiding Members on how to include restoration initiatives in the Hub.
Learn more:
🐒 iucn.org/story/202606...
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IUCN FGT is committed to conserving and restoring our global rangelands. This Drought and Desertification Day, we want to recognize the importance of these ecosystems to people and nature.
Explore rangelands, grasslands & the fight against land degradation here: www.linkedin.com/posts/iucn_d...
IUCN welcomed representatives from IPAM Amazonia for an insightful discussion on the interconnections between nature, forests, and climate change. The discussion explored the interlinkages between mining, deforestation, crop yields and forest cover in the face of climate change, and much more.
This week, the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change of Mongolia, and IUCN delivered a joint briefing COP17 to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), set to be hosted in Ulaanbaatar in August 2026.
Learn more: iucn.org/news/202606/...
At the UNFCCC June Climate Meetings held this week in Bonn #SB64, IUCN participated in discussions on Forests, Grasslands and the AFOLU (Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land-Use) sector as essential solutions for climate, biodiversity, and sustainable development.
🌐Launched today at the Eighth Global Environment Facility Assembly, the Indigenous Peoples Ambassadors Programme is designed to work with and support the leadership, knowledge, and priorities of Indigenous Peoples in advancing primary forest conservation.
💡Learn more: iucn.org/news/202606/...
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Old-growth grasslands are ancient, biodiverse and have persisted over millennia as grassy ecosystems, shaped and stabilised by long-term interactions with fire, herbivory, climate variability and soil...
Rangelands cover more than half of the Earth’s land surface and support the lives of around two billion people worldwide.
Despite their importance they are one of our most overlooked ecosystems and u...
