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Monthly update from the world's largest community of environmental experts.
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Discover Asia’s exceptional natural richness and its challenges Asia is a land full of natural and cultural wonders. But the region, its people and its nature, face critical challenges, including poverty, water shortages and the disastrous threats posed by climate change.
IUCN, together with its Members, Commissions and partners, is working to address these challenges by leading innovative initiatives in the region. > Read more
> Watch Aban Marker Kabraji talk about conservation in Asia
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Doing it differently in Thailand
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Thailand’s armed forces are involved in an uncharacteristic activity—a major conservation programme in cooperation with the local community. > Read more
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Tanguar Haor - making the most of its natural treasures
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In Bangladesh, IUCN is working with local communities to conserve and sustain a unique wetland ecosystem, Tanguar Haor. This biologically diverse area, home to some rare plant and animal species, supports the lives of more than 56,000 people. > Watch video
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Speak up and change your life
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In Bangladesh, IUCN and partners are transforming the lives of women and poor fishermen by giving them better access to natural resources and a louder voice in decisions on how these resources are managed. > Read full story
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Securing Beijing’s water, people and nature
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The Miyun Reservoir in China provides the main source of drinking water for the 17 million residents of Beijing - a city that faces a serious water crisis. But today, the watershed is unhealthy. IUCN aims to restore it and improve local people’s lives by, paradoxically, lifting the logging ban in the area. > Read full story
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Sneezing in the rain
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It may be more common to hear doom and gloom stories of biodiversity loss and environmental degradation, but exciting discoveries of new species do happen and give heart to conservationists the world over. > Read full story
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Saving Singapore’s green space
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In Singapore, where space is tight, nature conservation faces some difficult odds. And no one is more familiar with the challenges than Dr Ho Hua Chew of IUCN Member organization the Singapore Nature Society who has fought for years for official recognition of the island state’s wildlife. > Read full story
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Wonderful Asia
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Join us on a photo journey through the wonders of Asia.
> Photo gallery
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Facts and figures
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Asia has the highest mountains in the world: the Himalayas, the Hindu Kush, the Karakoram and the Tien Shan.
> More Asia facts.
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Climate Mission 3D
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Have fun and help IUCN get conservation projects funded by Nokia by voting for the IUCN projects featured in the new free Climate Mission 3D mobile phone game! To be able to play, you need a Nokia phone C6, C7, N8, or E7.
> Try Climate Mission 3D now !
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