The Global Environment Facility’s Council approved today the CSO Challenge Program – a new global program led by the ...

Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) – areas of the ocean set aside for long-term conservation aims – are the only mainstream conservation-focussed, area-based measure to increase the quality and extent of ...

This month, the IUCN Forest and Grasslands Team (FGT) organized and engaged in a variety of events at UNCCD COP16, ...

A Global Effort under The Restoration Initiative Land degradation is a global challenge, impacting nearly 2 billion hectares of land used for agriculture, pasture, and forestry. Deforestation and land ...

UNCCD COP16 has put the spotlight on land degradation and desertification. This momentum now needs to be turned into ...

IUCN's mission is 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 ...

A call for mobilisation to the entire Union.

Of the seven terrestrial species of bears, inhabiting four continents, five are globally threatened and one other has many separate threatened populations. The IUCN SSC Bear Specialist Group (BSG) ...

In December 2024, the landmark report "Enhancing Meaningful Indigenous Leadership and Collaboration in International ...

IUCN Director General Dr Grethel Aguilar delivered IUCN's statement to the sixteenth session of the Conference of the Parties ...

The OECMs Specialist Group promotes inclusive and effective conservation by providing guidance on identifying, recognising, supporting and reporting ‘other effective area-based conservation measures’ ...

IUCN/IPBES complementarity Since the creation of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) in 2012, IUCN and the global biodiversity conservation ...