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Plankton: The superstars of the ocean and the tool to follow them
IUCN Director General Dr Bruno Oberle reiterates the Union’s call to increase investment in nature at the IUCN Congress in Marseille, France, September 2021 IUCN Director General Dr Bruno Oberle reiterates the Union’s call to increase investment in nature at the IUCN Congress in Marseille, France, September 2021 Photo: IUCN / Ecodeo / Margarita Corporan

IUCN Director General’s statement for the UN Biodiversity Conference

Biodiversity continues to decline at unprecedented rates. The resulting global loss of life and livelihoods is an existential emergency. Last month, IUCN’s 1,500 Members discussed the post-2020 global biodiversity framework at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Marseille, France. We therefore arrive at today’s UN Biodiversity Conference empowered by our state, civil society, and indigenous peoples Members. The Union has strongly reaffirmed that the framework must be ‘fit for purpose’, through adopting ambitious goals and targets to address the loss of nature together with the linked challenges of climate change, and land degradation.

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  • APAC LOGO Photo: IUCN

    IUCN Africa Protected Areas Congress (APAC) postponed


    The Inaugural IUCN Africa Protected Areas Congress (APAC), previously scheduled for 7-12 March 2022, has been postponed to 18-23 July 2022 in Kigali, Rwanda.
  • Professor E.O. Wilson speaks at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in 2016 Professor E.O. Wilson speaks at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in 2016  Photo: IUCN

    A tribute to Professor E.O. Wilson


    IUCN is deeply saddened by the death of Professor E.O. Wilson – recipient of the IUCN John C. Phillips Memorial Medal in recognition of his outstanding service in international conservation. As Pellegrino University Research Professor and Emeritus in Entomology at Harvard University, Professor Wilson spoke at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in 2016 and was an ardent supporter of the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM. Here Dr Daniel Simberloff, Gore Hunger Professor of Environmental Science at the University of Tennessee and member of the IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group, shares a remembrance of his mentor and colleague.
  • Dr Tom Lovejoy in the Amazon forest Tom Lovejoy in the Amazon forest. Photo: Rainforest Trust

    Remembrances of Tom Lovejoy - the "godfather" of biodiversity


    IUCN is deeply saddened by the passing of conservation pioneer Dr Tom Lovejoy on Christmas Day 2021. Among many other roles, Dr Lovejoy served as Chair of the Board of Directors of IUCN-US and was a long-time member of the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC). On behalf of the IUCN family, Russell A. Mittermeier, Chair of the IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group and Chief Conservation Officer at Re:wild, pays tribute to his close friend and colleague.

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