Position paper | 2023
IUCN position paper for UNFCCC COP28
The synthesis report of the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC AR6), released in March this year, has brought into sharp focus the irreversible losses and damages that are presently accruing from climate change, as well as the cascading and compounding…
News | 05 Sep, 2023
United Nations' 2023 Science Summit welcomes SSC experts' participation
IUCN Species Survival Commission's experts will be part of the list of speakers who will be highlighting biodiversity at the Science Summit at the 78 United Nations General Assembly, from 12 to 29 September 2023.
Grey literature | 2023
This guide is about how to plan and implement the new global target for effectively and equitably conserving at least 30% of the Earth by 2030. The Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), adopted by Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in December 2022, includes Target 3, the “30x30”…
Grey literature | 2023
WCPA Mountain Protected Areas Update #119
WCPA Mountain Protected Areas Update #119
Blog | 28 Aug, 2023
Guardianes de la Naturaleza: Revolucionando las Redes para Salvar las Áreas Protegidas de Bolivia
46 Guardaparques bolivianos lideran una innovadora iniciativa digital para sensibilizar sobre la riqueza oculta de las áreas protegidas nacionales.
Blog | 28 Aug, 2023
Sacred Groves, the secret wizards of conservation
India is home to over 990 PCAs - including 106 national parks, 564 wildlife sanctuaries, 99 conservation reserves, and 218 conservation reserves. Cultural conservation areas also exist worldwide - especially within Indian Hindu communities. These places are called sacred groves.
News | 28 Aug, 2023
World Protected Areas Leaders Forum Wraps Up Successful Event at Krkonoše National Park
Krkonoše National Park - The World Protected Areas Leaders Forum concluded its highly anticipated five-day event on June 30, 2023, at the picturesque Krkonoše National Park on the Czechia-Poland border in the heart of Central Europe. The forum brought together protected area…
IUCN commission group
IUCN WCPA Protected Area Downgrading, Downsizing, and Degazettement Task Force
Press release | 22 Aug, 2023
The International Union for Conservation Nature’s World Commission on Protected Areas (IUCN WCPA), working in partnership with WWF, GEF and TNC, has launched…
News | 21 Aug, 2023
International Standardization Organisation – mainstreaming biodiversity standards
The third plenary of the International Standardization Organisation (ISO) technical committee on biodiversity took place in Paris and virtually from 17 to 21 April 2023.