International Union for Conservation of Nature4 年
IUCN CEM Impact Mitigation and Ecological Compensation Thematic Group
The Impact Mitigation and Ecological Compansation Thematic Group aims to develop guidance around implementation of the mitigation hierarchy and ecological compensation. It will do this based on ...
International Union for Conservation of Nature4 个月
Seventy five years of experience
IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) was established on 5 October 1948 in the French town of Fontainebleau. As the first global environmental union, we brought together governments ...
International Union for Conservation of Nature6 个月
IUCN and the Global Environment Facility
IUCN is an official Global Environment Facility Agency where we create project proposals and then manage these projects on the ground. Through this work, IUCN and other GEF agencies help eligible ...
International Union for Conservation of Nature2 年
IUCN WCPA Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures Specialist Group
The OECMs Specialist Group promotes inclusive and effective conservation by providing guidance on identifying, recognising, supporting and reporting ‘other effective area-based conservation measures’ ...
International Union for Conservation of Nature4 个月
Ocean warming
The ocean absorbs vast quantities of heat as a result of increased concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, mainly from fossil fuel consumption. The Fifth Assessment Report published by ...
International Union for Conservation of Nature1 个月
Our work
Data, analysis, convening and action.
International Union for Conservation of Nature2 年
Financing protected areas : guidelines for protected area managers
These guidelines explore financing options for protected areas and provide advice and information on sustainable financing. Both public and private financing is needed to ensure provision of the ...
International Union for Conservation of Nature2 年
The benefits and risks of rewilding
Rewilding aims to restore ecosystems and reverse biodiversity declines by allowing wildlife and natural processes to reclaim areas no longer under human management. Misunderstanding of the rewilding ...
International Union for Conservation of Nature2 年
Human-wildlife conflict
Wildlife can threaten people’s safety and livelihoods, which can lead to conflicts between groups of people over how to resolve the situation; experts call this ‘human-wildlife conflict’.
International Union for Conservation of Nature2 年
Biodiversity net-gain
There is a growing recognition among governments and the private sector that conservation and development need to go hand in hand. IUCN is promoting a biodiversity net gain approach, based on the ...
International Union for Conservation of Nature1 年
Buscar en todos los recursos
The IUCN Green List is a global campaign for successful nature conservation. At its heart is the Green List Sustainability Standard that provides a global benchmark for how to meet the environmental ...
International Union for Conservation of Nature2 年
Gender-based violence and the environment
Evidence shows that there are direct links between environmental pressures and gender-based violence, and that the degradation of nature, competition over increasingly scarce resources and ...