DG Statement | 07 Jun, 2024
IUCN Director General's Statement for World Ocean Day
The ocean is a world with three dimensions. The first is depth, from the tides lapping at our feet on a beach to the marine trenches that plunge far into a realm untouched by sunlight. The second is length, with waves that travel thousands of miles between North Pole and South. The third is…
Story | 07 Jun, 2024
Water resource management and mangrove conservation are two potential areas of collaboration identified during the visit of a delegation from the UAE Ministry of Climate Change and Environment to the IUCN Regional Office for Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean.
Story | 06 Jun, 2024
BIOPAMA-established and supported Regional Observatories’ role in the GBF implementation recognised
The Convention on Biological Diversity's (CBD) regional and/or subregional centres of the technical and scientific cooperation centres were established at the 15th CBD COP as mechanism to assist in the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and the work of the…
Page | 11 Jun, 2024
Advising States Parties (Nominations)
IUCN directly supports and advises States Parties in the early stages of World Heritage engagement through the Upstream Process. The Upstream Process serves as tool in facilitating access to the World Heritage Convention processes and reducing challenges encountered during the evaluations of…
Page | 11 Jun, 2024
IUCN has developed a variety of resources including positions and advice notes on issues related to natural World Heritage sites, Gap studies, and Guidance on impact assessments.
DG Statement | 05 Jun, 2024
IUCN Director General’s Statement for World Environment Day 2024
Civilisation as we know it began thousands of years ago when humans coaxed the first crops from the soil. However, since the birth of agriculture, our relationship with the earth beneath our feet has changed from one of respect to one of exploitation.
Story | 05 Jun, 2024
Using the IUCN Green List to strengthen transboundary protected area management
On 29-31 May 2024, with support from the USAID Biodiversity Conservation Activity (BCA) and GIZ Laos (ProFEB), IUCN and GIZ organized a workshop in Dong Hoi, Quang Binh Province with participants from Phong Nha-Ke Bang (PN-KB) WHS in Viet Nam and Hin Nam No (HNN) National Park in Lao PDR.…
Story | 05 Jun, 2024
Identifying opportunities to apply IUCN Green List Standard to marine conservation in India
A National Consultative Workshop on Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystems (BOBLME) Project Phase II was held on 21-23 March 2024 in Chennai, India, with 85 participants, including representatives from the Department of Fisheries (DoF), the Ministry of Environment, and Forest and Climate Ch