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IUCN is launching new strategic initiatives to address emerging issues in nature conservation.
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Egret crosses the lake; Jawa Timur, Indonesia
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Biodiversity negotiations must reconnect with reality
As the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) talks close in Geneva, Director of IUCN’s International Policy Centre Sonia Peña Moreno reflects on two weeks of negotiations, some missed opportunities, and her hopes for future meetings. Going forward, Parties to the CBD must reconnect with reality and continue to craft a simple, action-oriented post-2020 global biodiversity framework that clearly spells out what must be done to safeguard nature and the services it provides to humanity. -
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IUCN Statement on Ukraine
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is gravely concerned by the military conflict currently taking place in Ukraine and deplores the human deaths and suffering that this is causing. -
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IUCN Director General’s open letter to Members ahead of UNEA5.2
Dear IUCN Members, With the pandemic still affecting daily lives around the world, the year begins with international gatherings of importance to our Union and its mission.
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