Story | 26 Jul, 2019
2nd World Environmental Law Congress Call for Abstracts
The IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL) will host the 2nd World Environmental Law Congress at the Supreme Court of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 23-27 March 2020.
This call is now closed
Press release | 24 Jun, 2015
Climate change and dams threaten natural World Heritage, warns IUCN
Climate change and large dam projects are putting natural World Heritage sites at risk, says IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, the official advisory body on nature to UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee, meeting this Sunday in Bonn, Germany.
Story | 19 Jun, 2011
Multiple ocean stresses threaten “globally significant” marine extinction
An international panel of experts warns in a report released today that marine species are at risk of entering a phase of extinction unprecedented in human history.