ABSTRACT
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) helps its members and the world community to find pragmatic solutions to the world’s most pressing environment and development challenges. IUCN is an organization that creates global conservation strategies, country-specific strategies, and even conservation strategies for specific ecological niches. On the governance performance measurements, India is positioned best among the four, followed by Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan. The chapter demonstrates clear differences and shows that India has a strong bureaucracy, in terms of both governance performance and competitiveness. The IUCN has a long presence in the region; however, in terms of programs, Nepal was the first country to invite the IUCN to help with its environment conservation policy formation during the 1960s, followed by Pakistan in 1982, Bangladesh in 1989, and India in 2007, respectively. The chapter also presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book.
