WiserEarth Suggestions

IUCN Botswana is the country office for the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). IUCN - The World Conservation Union is a global union of more than 1000 governments, government agencies, and non-governmental organisations working at the field and policy levels, together with scientists and experts, to implement the IUCN Mission to "influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable".



IUCN Botswana Objectives:

· Promote sustainable management of natural resources and conservation of biodiversity in Botswana based on equitable distribution of and access to natural resources;

· Support participatory community based natural resource management and incorporation of indigenous knowledge systems in conservation; and

· Support and develop partnership activities with the government, environmental NGOs and the private sector of Botswana.