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.
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…
Story | 30 May, 2024
Communities Drive the Designation of Pyu Lake as Myanmar’s Newest Ramsar Site
Pyu Lake, located in the heart of Myanmar, has secured two consecutive ‘wins’ for its conservation over the past year. Following the designation of the site as a Flyway Network Site with the East Asian Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) on 16 November 2023, the lake was designated as the…
Press release | 26 Apr, 2024
A new study in the scientific journal Science provides the strongest evidence to date that not only is environmental conservation successful, but that scaling conservation interventions up would be transformational for halting and reversing biodiversity loss, a crisis that leads to ecosystem…
News | 16 Nov, 2023
IUCN SSC and SeaTheFuture unite for a stronger future in ocean conservation
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Species Survival Commission (SSC) is partnering with SeaTheFuture’s ambitions to boost funding for Ocean conservation projects and bring strength to a movement that will ultimately benefit the entire world. This partnership, born…
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,…