All Regions

May 18, 2023

Hybrid EU Green Week 2023 partner LIFE4BEST event: BEST Initiative – Past, present and future

IUCN and the European Parliament Intergroup on ‘Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development’ are planning a EU Green Week 2023 partner event at the European Parliament in Brussels on 7 June, 16h00 – 18h30, to present the results of the ongoing BEST programmes (LIFE4BEST, BEST2.0+) and to launch the new BESTLIFE2030. The event will be […]

All Regions

March 10, 2023

New BESTLIFE2030 programme – open tender for website & visual identity

Following the launch of the new BESTLIFE2030 programme, an open tender was published on IUCN’s currently running tenders page for the Development of a BESTLIFE2030 programme website and visual identity, and website maintenance. Have a look and, if interested, get back to us by the deadline March 24, 2023. Good luck!

February 22, 2023

NGO SREPEN-RNE fights against invasive alien species (IAS) in La Réunion

This LIFE4BEST project titled “Raising awareness on IAS and planting native species” (Sensibilisation sur les EEE et plantation d’espèces indigènes) and led by local NGO Société Réunionnaise pour l’Étude et la Protection de l’Environnement – Réunion Nature Environnement SREPEN-RNE (Reunionese Society for the Study and Protection of the Environment – Réunion Nature Environnement) ended in […]

Indian Ocean

December 5, 2022

LIFE4BEST project “Mesorun” (La Réunion) wins Jury’s choice award at IFRECOR 2022

After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the 9th edition of the IFRECOR (Initiative française pour les récifs coralliens / French initiative for coral reefs) award ceremony was held on November 24, 2022, in the presence of Mr. Jean-François Carenco, Minister Delegate in charge of Overseas. The Jury’s choice award (Palme Coup Cœur du […]

Macaronesia

September 30, 2022

Conservation of Madeira’s Threatened Endemic Butterflies

For the purposes of Red Lists, Macaronesian Islands are considered part of Europe and, while they support relatively few species, several are endemics and among the most threatened butterflies on the continent. With this LIFE4BEST project, Butterfly Conservation Europe, in partnership with Madeira Flora and Fauna, has been targeting three highly threatened Madeiran endemics: the […]