Speech | 13 Jun, 2024
Message from IUCN Regional Director Oceania: Embracing the Theme "Be Part of the Plan"
As we commemorate World Biodiversity Day this year, it's essential to embrace the theme "Be Part of the Plan." This theme underscores the collective responsibility we all share in safeguarding biodiversity and ensuring a sustainable future for our planet.
Story | 12 Jun, 2024
The Coca-Cola Foundation has announced their largest grant ever, made to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to mitigate plastic waste and transform plastic value chains in seven African islands through IslandPlas project.
Story | 10 Jun, 2024
Kiwa Initiative facilitates social media session at Heritage in Young Hands EcoCamp
The Sigatoka Sand Dunes National Park recently hosted the annual Heritage in Young Hands (HIYH) EcoCamp, an event focused on environmental education.
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.
Other brief | 2024
Climate Change Adaptation in Mountain Ecosystems
Brief for the UNFCCC SB60 Expert Dialogue on Mountains and Climate Change. This brief aims to contribute to the Expert Dialogue on Mountains and Climate Change Dialogue during SB60 and advocates for using Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) in global adaptation efforts aligned with the goals and…
Blog | 03 Jun, 2024
IUCN, Enabel, EU, and Ministry of Environment Host Second National Agroforestry Conference in Rwanda
The Ministry of Environment in collaboration with the European Union Delegation to Rwanda, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the Belgian development agency (Enabel), and the International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF), along with the Universities of…
Publication | 2023
Nature-based Solutions for corporate climate targets
Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are activities undertaken to protect, sustainably manage and restore natural and modified ecosystems to simultaneously benefit people and nature. NbS are critical to addressing challenges like climate change, food security, water security, disaster risk, human health…
Page | 19 Sep, 2023
About the End Plastic Pollution International Collaborative (EPPIC)
EPPIC is a public-private partnership hosted by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) with partners the Aspen Institute (USA), The Ocean Foundation (USA), and Searious Business (NL), with initial seed funding from the U.S. Department of State. EPPIC convenes governments,…
Page | 04 Feb, 2022
Since 1972, IUCN is the official advisor on nature under the World Heritage Convention. The Convention is known as "the most widely accepted international conservation treaty in human history”, ratified today by 195 States Parties. Natural World Heritage sites conserve the planet’s most…