Videos
Tanguar Haor - making the most of its natural treasures
15 Feb 2011 | Video
IUCN's Stewart Maginnis on the importance of forests
What role do forests play in combating climate change and providing livelihoods for millions of people around the world? How do forests affect all 6.8 billion people on the planet? Stewart Maginnis, Director of IUCN's Environment and Development Group answers those question on Global Connections TV. …
14 Feb 2011 | Video
Forests and poverty: the latest thinking
Gill Shepherd, IUCN Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy Thematic Adviser on Poverty and Landscapes, speaks on the latest thinking on forests and poverty, drawing from lessons that have come out of IUCN's innovative 'Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy' (LLS). …
27 Jan 2011 | Video
The International Year of Biodiversity: Where does it leave us?
IUCN Director General Julia Marton-Lefèvre sums up what we have achieved during the International Year of Biodiversity. …
04 Jan 2011 | Video
What next after the International Year of Biodiversity?
We ask prominent figures from around the world, representing both the public and the private sector, what they see as the greatest priorities for saving biodiversity after 2010, the International Year of Biodiversity. …
04 Jan 2011 | Video
Women adapting to climate change in Mozambique
Through its Climate Change and Development Project (CCDP), IUCN is working to develop adaptation measures which will sustainably safeguard local livelihoods and natural habitats. …
02 Dec 2010 | Video
Reversing the fate of the oceans
IUCN's High Seas Policy Advisor, Kristina Gjerde, studies the law of the high seas - the 64% of our ocean that lies beyond national legislation. She recently gave a TED Talk presentation outlining some of the problems facing the open oceans and what can be done about them. Stunning photos show the hidden worlds that Gjerde and other lawyers are working to protect from trawling and trash-dumping, through smart policy making and a healthy dose of PR. …
30 Nov 2010 | Video
Indirect effects of biofuels explained
Indirect Land Use Change (iLUC) is a central issue to the sustainability of industrial scale biofuels. This video introduces the viewer to the concept and the challenges it poses to us all. …
12 Oct 2010 | Video
Preserving life and land in Kenya
IUCN's work to restore local rights in Garba Tula dryland district in North-East Kenya. …
30 Sep 2010 | Video
Harvesting energy from the sea
Grégoire Walckiers, from IUCN's Global Marine Programme, explains how our oceans offer great potential energy sources and the different ways of harvesting power from the sea. …
31 May 2010 | Video
