Feature Stories

Degraded land (foreground) and landscape being restored (background) in Makueni County, Kenya.

October 9, 2019

Consultation key to overcoming the enormous challenges of...
View from the street of young boys using electronics technology products inside modern supermarket tech store on main Baku avenue

October 2, 2019

Baku's largest electronics store goes green

Winners of the SGP Equator Initiative on stage

September 25, 2019

Community heroes: From Guinea-Bissau to...
Woman walking through tea fields in Vietnam

September 17, 2019

A better cup of Vietnamese tea, from bush to brew

Shepherd with cattle in Kenya

September 10, 2019

Balancing climate, conflict and community in Kenya
Fields of Georgia

September 6, 2019

Restoring fortune to the fields of Georgia
People carrying crops on their heads

September 4, 2019

Sustainable Land Management enhances soil...
Madagascar landscape

September 4, 2019

Birdsong returns to the hills of Bemolanga in Western Madagascar

Happy community in Malawi

August 23, 2019

A call for climate action in Malawi
A woman in Matebo Village in Kalumbila District shows off her new energy-saving stove while her friends look on with admiration. Photo: Moses Zangar, Jr./UNDP Zambia.

August 16, 2019

Wood-saving cookstoves are helping Zambia cut forest loss
Nigeria is one of the world’s top destinations for electronic waste. But what happens when it gets there? Photo: Irene Galan/UN Environment.

August 12, 2019

Dark skies, bright future: overcoming Nigeria's e-waste challenge...
The GEF-financed Philippine ICCA Project is working to strengthen the conservation, protection, and management of key biodiversity sites by institutionalising Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Conserved Areas and Territories (ICCAs). Photo: Orange Omengan/UNDP Philippines.

August 9, 2019

Indigenous peoples in the Philippines leading conservation efforts

The Mainstreaming Sustainable Cattle Ranching project, now in its tenth year, has helped 4,100 family farms in five distinct zones of Colombia adopt “silvopastoral” techniques that combine trees (silvo) with pasture, in a beneficial combination for farmers, their cows and the broader environment. Photo: Flore de Preneuf/World Bank.

August 7, 2019

Trees and cows offer path to recovery in Colombia
To prevent overexploitation of the fishery resources, regional authorities in Galicia have worked in close coordination with scientists, fisherfolk, and the private sector to design management systems that are now internationally recognized for their effectiveness. Photo: Rafael Ramirez Lee/Shutterstock.

August 2, 2019

Schooling together: peer to peer learning for sustainable...
A year ago, UNDP launched the UN Biodiversity Lab in partnership with UN Environment and the UN Biodiversity Convention to support nearly 140 countries to use spatial data to better deliver on their global commitments to biodiversity and sustainable development. Photo: Enrique Aguirre/Shutterstock.

July 29, 2019

How data can protect wildlife