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An Introduction to the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction

At the CBD COP 15 in December 2022, the State Parties, including Viet Nam, approved the 30x30 commitment to protect 30% of its land and sea area by 2030. In addition, Viet Nam joined the UK-led Global Ocean Alliance, which aims to protect at least 30% of the global oceans by 2030.

Gland, Switzerland 6 September 2023 (IUCN) – The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), as the official advisor on nature to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, recommends inscription of seven sites on the World Heritage List. The Volcanoes of Kamchatka, in…

Gland, Switzerland, 31 August 2023 – Over 20% of mapped global species richness are found in World Heritage sites, despite these areas making up just 1% of the Earth’s surface, according to a joint assessment by IUCN, International Union for Conservation Nature, and UNESCO,…

To address the threat that plastic poses to our ocean, climate, economies, and health, IUCN and the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law have prepared a series of 10 briefings for negotiators to assist them in the upcoming Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution in…

Briefing 10 of 10 covers Free Trade Agreement Convergence and the Plastic Pollution Treaty

Briefing 9 of 10 covers Connections between IUCN’s Plastic Pollution Elimination Timeline and the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF)

Briefing 8 of 10 covers the Connections between IUCN’s Plastic Pollution Elimination Timeline and the SDGs

Briefing 7 of 10 covers the Legal Process of Treaty Negotiations

Briefing 6 of 10 covers Circular Economy and Plastics Life-Cycle Issues for the Plastics Treaty