This grant supports the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Commission on Protected Areas to host a meeting for the World Protected Areas Leaders Forum in October 2025 in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

The objective of this Project is to assist in the protection of our natural resources through the scaling up of forest and landscape restoration, enabling inclusive landscape governance and equipping the next generation of forest leaders.

This contribution supports the delivery of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Regional Conservation Forum in Canada (October 2024) and the development of a youth exhibition space and youth-related programming at the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2025, aligned with the IUCN Youth Engagement Strategy.

This project aims to improve biodiversity and key ecosystem health along Honduras’ Atlantic and Pacific coasts using nature-based solutions. It responds directly to Canada’s commitment to the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework to safeguard and restore biodiversity. The project focuses on people dependent on these ecosystems, particularly women, youth, and Indigenous and Afro-descendant peoples, whose livelihoods remain threatened by climate change, habitat loss, and ecosystem degradation. Project activities include: (1) strengthening protected areas governance and management; (2) restoring ecosystems and recovering threatened species through nature-based solutions; (3) improving agroforestry, agriculture, ecotourism and cattle ranching sustainability through model nature-based solutions; (4) strengthening public sector biodiversity policy framework; and (5) enhancing women’s empowerment and Indigenous people’s rights.

The objective of this Project is to assist in the protection of our natural resources through the scaling up of forest and landscape restoration, enabling inclusive landscape governance and equipping the next generation of forest leaders.

This contribution supports International Union for Conservation of Nature’s #NatureForAll initiative build on its network and platforms to support its members’ efforts at connecting people with and learning about nature.

SOCODEVI has established an operational and technical partnership with IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), as well as technical partnerships with IISD (International Institute for Sustainable Development) and Ostrom Climate Solutions.

The consortium formed by World University Services Canada (WUSC) and the Centre d’étude et de coopération internationale (CECI) is responsible for the implementation of the project, with the collaboration of key partners such as ABANTU for Development, International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and ICRAF-CIFOR.

The project benefits rural forest populations residing in target regions, particularly women.

This grant supports the preparation and execution of a field visit to evaluate the nomination of Anticosti for the UNESCO World Heritage list.

This project seeks to increase Nature-based Solutions (NbS) best practice, knowledge and capacities of climate change and biodiversity practitioners in developed and developing countries. Project activities include: (1) providing support for project design, implementation and monitoring; (2) improving climate change vulnerability and biodiversity assessments, baselines, targets and monitoring systems; (3) tracking and reporting on progress, global sharing of lessons learned; (4) monitoring implementation of corrective actions; tracking and reporting on progress of Canada’s NbS and biodiversity portfolio; and (5) capturing and synthesizing tools and lessons from the above activities at a portfolio level and widely sharing and promoting this information to NbS practitioners and other stakeholders.

This project provides direct benefits to between 150 to 600 NbS for climate adaptation and biodiversity project staff, with subsequent impacts benefiting 500,000 to over 1,000,000 women and men in Sub-Saharan Africa and worldwide.