Publication | 2018
Managing cultural World Heritage (Armenian)
The manual provides guidance for States Parties and all those involved in the care of World Heritage cultural properties on how to comply with the requirements of the Convention. It also aims to help States Parties to ensure that heritage has a dynamic role in society and harnesses, but also…
Jointly published | 2023
Enhancing our heritage toolkit 2.0
World Heritage properties are internationally recognized as places of Outstanding Universal Value that should benefit from the highest level of management effectiveness. The Toolkit 2.0 offers a self-assessment methodology to evaluate management effectiveness in a World Heritage property or…
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 | 10 Jun, 2024
Scaling Up NbS: Economic Barriers
In 2020, IUCN published the Global Standard for NbS that scores NbS using eight criteria and associated indicators. Criterion 4 covers the economic viability of NbS, including the direct and indirect…
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
IUCN, the official advisory body on nature to UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee, recommends the addition of four new sites to the prestigious World Heritage List for their outstanding natural value in Brazil, China, France and the UK. IUCN also recommends the extension of an existing serial site…
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.
Brochure | 2024
IUCN Africa Conservation Forum 2024
African Solutions for Nature and People: Creating transformative responses to the biodiversity and climate crisis in Africa.
Jointly published | 2023
Enhancing Our Heritage Toolkit 2.0
The Enhancing Our Heritage Toolkit 2.0 offers a self-assessment methodology to evaluate management effectiveness in a World Heritage property or other heritage places.
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…