Story | 22 Apr, 2024
G. Carleton Ray, ocean pioneer and inspiration, (1928–2023)
Carleton was decades ahead of the times. Today we pursue his concepts repackaged in different terminology.
"We must avoid the careless and tragic exploitation of the sea which we have not avoided in the case of the land...Some of the richest areas should be set aside...The…
Brochure | 2024
IUCN Africa Conservation Forum 2024
African Solutions for Nature and People: Creating transformative responses to the biodiversity and climate crisis in Africa.
Comunicado de prensa | 16 Dec, 2022
Las organizaciones deportivas se comprometen a salvaguardar la naturaleza con un nuevo marco
Montreal, Canadá, 16 de diciembre de 2022 – Veinte organizaciones deportivas, incluido el Comité Olímpico Internacional (COI) como socio fundador, y los Juegos Olímpicos y Paralímpicos de París 2024, firmaron hoy el primer Marco…
Communiqué de presse | 16 Dec, 2022
Les organisations sportives s'engagent à protéger la nature au moyen d'un nouveau cadre
Montréal, Canada, 16 décembre 2022 – Vingt-trois organisations sportives, dont le Comité International Olympique (CIO) en tant que partenaire fondateur, et le comité d'organisation des Jeux Olympiques et Paralympiques de Paris 2024, ont signé aujourd'hui le tout premier cadre "Sports for…
Press release | 16 Dec, 2022
Sports organisations commit to safeguard nature under new framework
Montreal, Canada, 16 December 2022 – More than twenty sports organisations, including the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as a founding partner, and the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024, signed the first-ever Sports for Nature Framework today. Signatories pledge to adhere to…
Page | 04 Feb, 2022
Tourism and sports are key economic sectors that can foster conservation and people’s connection to nature. In addition, both tourism and sports depend on a healthy environment and provide an opportunity to champion sustainability. While these topics are inter-linked, IUCN collaborates closely…
Page | 04 Feb, 2022
Species are the fundamental components of biodiversity and we rely on their survival for our own existence. However, our current biodiversity crisis is so severe that conservation activities are essential for the survival of many different species. From in situ and ex situ species recovery…
Page | 04 Feb, 2022
Every year, millions of tons of plastic end up in our ocean and rivers. However, plastics are only one type of pollution driving the decline in the health of our global ocean. The ocean is also threatened by eutrophication (nutrient load), sediment load, light pollution, marine resource…
Page | 04 Feb, 2022
IUCN's work on climate change in the ocean has been centred around furthering understanding the science of climate change threats to the ocean: ocean warming, acidification, deoxygenation, marine heatwaves, as well as the cumulative affects of these individual ocean stressors and the risk this…