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Global and transboundary frameworks
The complexity and scale of the problems deriving from an increasing demand for food, energy and infrastructure in a world threatened by climate change create a new set of challenges for nature conservation that indeed require coordinated responses between sovereign States. Increased knowledge…
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Gender equality is a human right - and prerequisite for sustainable development and achieving IUCN’s mission. IUCN is committed to advancing gender equality, including through women’s empowerment, as a Union that understands the importance of equal opportunity and inclusion, and whose policies…
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Freshwaters are among the most valuable ecosystems on the planet for their biodiversity and importance to livelihoods. Yet the freshwater realm is under threat, with its species declining faster than those on land and in the oceans. IUCN is working to raise the profile of freshwater…
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Forests are globally important in regulating climate and locally important in sustaining communities and supporting biodiversity. But they, and the people who depend on them, are under increasing pressure.