IUCN’s Green Economy Network is actively working on the ground to design, implement, and refine promising opportunities for capitalizing on biodiversity. Continually and regularly informed by ongoing policy processes, field level work is being carried out in all parts of the world in a coordinated effort to ensure that the transition to the green economy is rooted in local-level realities.
Action
Some examples of our work
Developing Biodiversity Standards for the sustainable management of the Allanblackia Nut
In Ghana, IUCN is working with a variety of members and partners to develop and test a robust set of standards for the sustainable management of the supply chain of an increasingly used forest commodity: the Allanblackia Nut. For IUCN, the project offers a unique opportunity to promote a socially acceptable and environmentally sound market-based financing mechanism that contributes to safeguarding both local livelihoods and biodiversity in the tropical forest belt of Africa. Learn more
Developing Green Markets in Southern Africa
In Southern Africa, IUCN Natural Futures Programme provides a model for ongoing and future work to green the world economy. For the past four years, IUCN has been working with partners PhytoTrade Africa to identify, build and respond to new and emerging markets to build sustainable opportunities for rural and largely female beneficiaries. Natural Futures takes a comprehensive approach to sector development that supports producers at the grassroots level, matching supply with demand, for example, and meeting the import requirements of overseas buyers, while carrying out policy and advocacy work to enhance opportunities within the sector. Learn more
Mangroves for the Future
IUCN is leading, along with UNDP, a multi-partner initiative to promote investment in coastal ecosystem conservation for sustainable development. This Mangroves for the Future (MFF) project seeks to support economic development by bringing practical conservation actions more effectively into the development planning process, ensuring that coastal ecosystem goods and services are fully valued and protected as an integral part of the coastal development infrastructure. Learn more
