IUCN HQ Library serves as the unique repository of IUCN publications and reports and also holds a wealth of conservation-related material in its physical collections.
Thanks to a grant from the Arcadia Fund, IUCN aims to expand the digitization of our collection to increase the free, worldwide access to the conservation knowledge produced by IUCN.
Sterwat Maginnis is assigned as Unit Manager until the new Director is hired.
About the International Union for Conservation of Nature - IUCN
IUCN is the world’s oldest and largest global environmental network - a democratic membership union with more than 1,000 government and NGO member organizations, and almost 11,000 volunteer scientists in more than 160 countries. IUCN’s work is supported by more than 1,000 professional staff in 45 offices and hundreds of partners in public, NGO and private sectors around the world. Its headquarters are based in Gland, Switzerland.
IUCN’s work focuses on valuing and conserving nature, ensuring effective and equitable governance of its use, and deploying nature-based solutions to global challenges in climate, food and development. IUCN supports scientific research, manages field projects all over the world, and brings governments, NGOs, the UN and companies together to develop policy, laws and best practice.
IUCN is looking for a highly motivated intern for a 6-month part-time (50%) internship to provide support to the PANORAMA – Solutions for a Healthy Planet initiative and the Tech4Nature Phase 2 project. The position would form part of the Knowledge Management, Learning and Library Services (KMLLS) Team and be based at the IUCN Regional Office for Europe in Bonn, Germany.
The intern would work under the formal supervision of the Senior Manager – Knowledge Management, with close coordination with the IUCN Tech4Nature Manager.
Background on PANORAMA
PANORAMA – Solutions for a Healthy Planet is a partnership initiative, grounded in its vision of a global community where changemakers share, adopt, and scale-up inspiring solutions for a healthy planet.
PANORAMA provides an open, neutral platform for anyone to share their successes, learn from the experiences of other practitioners and exchange knowledge as part of the community. It connects local solutions with global policy processes and frameworks, such as the Global Biodiversity Framework. Under PANORAMA, IUCN partners with GIZ, UNDP, UNEP, GRID-Arendal, the World Bank, ICCROM, ICOMOS, IFOAM – Organics International, Rare, OCTO and EcoHealth Alliance. Jointly with GIZ, IUCN manages the initiative and leads on promoting solutions across 8 out of 11 PANORAMA Communities, on topics such as species conservation, protected and conserved areas, sustainable urban development as well as marine and coastal issues.
Since 2020, the Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMUV) has supported coordination and strategic development of PANORAMA through the PANORAMA support project. A 2nd phase of the project has just been approved and will be jointly implemented by UNDP, GIZ and IUCN.
Background on Tech4Nature
IUCN and Huawei’s TECH4ALL programme established the Tech4Nature partnership in 2020. Since then, Tech4Nature has demonstrated the use of innovative digital technology and its potential for conservation success for key species in PCAs in Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Examples of early successes using technology and digital-based solutions to solve real conservation problems include: acoustic monitoring of the world’s rarest ape to identity individual Hainan Gibbons; convolutional neural network (CNN) analysis AI pattern recognition to identify and track jaguar individuals; and, advanced systems for live viewing and monitoring community coral reef conservation and restoration.