IWD 2024: Inspiring women who volunteer for the UN, including the GPI!

Published Mar 19ByCaroline

On the occasion of this year's International Women's Day (8 March), we would like to highlight an article by United Nations Peru that honors those women who decided to take action and commit to volunteerism by becoming UN Volunteers (UNVs) -...

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Region Europe

Country France

Zombie fires are ravaging peatlands in France

15 September, 2022

Theme Fires

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Region Europe

Country France

How countries can tackle devastating peatland wildfires

15 August, 2022

Theme Fires

Region Global

Peatlands Perspectives: The urgent need for action

02 February, 2022

Theme Conservation

Region Global

High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development – Side-event “Wetlands: Key Enablers for a Resilient and Sustainable Recovery”

15 June, 2021

Theme Conservation

Canadian peatlands

Region North America

Country Canada

Canada’s Peatlands: Towards A National Assessment

22 January, 2021

Theme Conservation

Aquatic Warbler Credits to Zymantas Morkvenas

Region Global

Peatlands as a safe haven for rare and threatened biodiversity

24 November, 2020

Theme Conservation

Region Global

Tropical peatland conservation could protect humans from new diseases

17 November, 2020

Theme Conservation

Data shared by the Data Visualization Lab at National Geographic. This National Geographic Society open source technology and datasets will be available via the UN Biodiversity Lab platform

Region Latin America and the Caribbean

Country Argentina

Protecting the crucial peatlands of Argentina’s Peninsula Mitre

28 October, 2020

Theme Conservation

Wildfires 5 Wikimedia Incendio forestal en Pirque Santiago de Chile

Region Global

Governments, smart data and wildfires: where are we at?

17 September, 2020

Theme Fires

Chilean Peatlands

Region Latin America and the Caribbean

Country Chile

Growing awareness of the value of Chile’s peatlands

28 July, 2020

Theme Conservation

Working on Fire

Region Global

Smart management of wildfires can help curb global heating

16 December, 2019

Theme Fires

UK peat fire

Region Global

UNFCCC COP24 Side Event: The trace of haze: Peat fires as local and global challenges

07 December, 2019

Theme Fires