News | 13 Okt, 2022
IUCN launches network of regional government members engaged for nature
Jeju, Republic of Korea, 13 October 2022 (IUCN) - At the first IUCN Leaders Forum in Jeju, Republic of Korea, IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) and Jeju Special Self-governing Province have launched the Nature Province Partnership: a new network of regional authorities...
Story | 12 Okt, 2022
IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology closes major gap in our ability to measure the state of nature
As the world is set to adopt a landmark treaty to halt the loss of biodiversity later this year, implementing and measuring progress against specific goals of this agreement will soon become a focus. With its long history of establishing standards and tools to track and measure the conservation...
Press release | 12 Okt, 2022
IUCN Leaders Forum to define the path to a nature-positive future
Jeju, Korea, 12 October 2022 (IUCN) – The IUCN Leaders Forum, taking place 13-15 October 2022, will tackle the challenge of measuring progress towards global biodiversity goals. A key working paper due to be debated at the Forum sets out a quantitative methodology IUCN is...
Story | 11 Okt, 2022
Since 2020, the BIODEV2030 project has been supporting a science-informed, multi-stakeholder dialogue in 16 pilot countries, with economic sectors identified as key to their biodiversity and development. These dialogues are providing an opportunity to...
Press release | 11 Okt, 2022
Over one third of hoverflies threatened with extinction in Europe - IUCN Red List
Brussels, Belgium, 11 October 2022 (IUCN) – Thirty-seven per cent of all hoverfly species in Europe are threatened with extinction, according to the first continent-wide assessment of this essential pollinator group on the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM, which was requested and...