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IUCN Asia Providing integrated solutions to sustainable development and conservation challenges

Li Jia Forest Landscape restoration coordinator, Asia IUCN Asia

IUCN Secretariat

• Over 1,500 staff

worldwide

• HQ in Gland,

Switzerland

• More than 60
• ffices worldwide

Members

• 1,392 Members in

more than 160 countries, including states, Government agencies, NGOs

• More than 60

regional and national committees

Commissions

• Around 15,000

volunteer experts in 6 commissions

• Membership grows from 156 in 2009 to 274 today
• 21 of 23 countries in region represented (except Timor Leste and

Brunei have no members),

• 14 State Members
• National Committees in 10 countries
• Regional Committee (chaired by China)

Asia: dynamic growth of members

156 172 200 226 250 255 274

300 250 200 150 100 50

2009 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Asia: IUCN Commissions in Action

231 154 1379 203 164 250

WCPA WCEL SSC CEM CEESP CEC

IUCN offices in Asia

Bangladesh Cambodia China India Indonesia Lao PDR Maldives Myanmar Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka Thailand Vietnam + regional office

IUCN program 2017 - 2020

Examples of IUCN knowledge products

• IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (12)
• IUCN / UNEP-WCMC World Database on

Protected Areas and ProtectedPlanet.net (11)

• IUCN Key Biodiversity Area Standard (11)
• IUCN Red List of Ecosystems (5)
• Global Invasive Species Database (9)
• Restoration Opportunities Assessment

Methodology (15)

Examples of technical assistance to countries

• Support of regional cooperation and dialogues
• n trans-boundary conservation issues (eg. PA,

watershed management )

• National policy frameworks;
• Development of new initiatives;
• Implementation of conservation programs

Collaboration with the Government of Korea

Co-chairing Asia Protected Areas Partnership Conservation of migratory birds on East Asian-Australasian Flyway (EAAF)