News | 21 Nov, 2023
Sports outline game plan to safeguard biodiversity at first Sports for Nature Annual Meeting
Lausanne, Switzerland – Sports for Nature signatories demonstrated how they are embedding nature in their sustainability strategies and called for further guidance to help them contribute to global biodiversity goals at the first Sports for Nature Annual Meeting held here last week, following…
News | 10 Oct, 2023
IUCN Leaders Forum 2023 to drive action to halt nature loss
The second IUCN Leaders Forum opens in Geneva, Switzerland, and virtually from 11 to 13 October 2023 under the theme: Global goals for nature: Tracking progress, financing success.
File | 2022
Developed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), International Olympic Committee (IOC), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), and supported by Sails of Change, the Sports for Nature Framework, is…
News | 20 Sep, 2023
Sports set to contribute to global goals for nature
New York, USA – On the sidelines of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Summit, Sports for Nature partners called on sports organisations to champion nature and contribute to the global goals for biodiversity and sustainable development.
IUCN event
The Ocean Race Summit: Presenting Ocean Rights
Building on the High Seas Treaty, this event, taking place on the margins of the UN General Assembly High-Level Week, is the final leg of a process that has gathered over 150 experts, policymakers, business leaders, lawyers, Indigenous peoples, scientists, NGOs, and others to develop principles…
IUCN event
Sports for Nature: Inspiring Nature Positive Action by 2030
This debut event, taking place in New York on the margins of the SDG Summit, will explore how sports can contribute to nature positive goals by 2030.
News | 11 Sep, 2023
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.
Story | 06 Sep, 2023
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…
Press release | 31 Aug, 2023
A fifth of species found in World Heritage sites – IUCN co-authored research
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,…
Information brief | 2023
Compilation of IUCN WCEL Briefings for Negotiators for INC-3
In 2022, the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL) created the Plastic Pollution Task Force to provide insights and support to the Treaty negotiation process. The following series of ten targeted legal briefs are part of the IUCN Submission for the third Intergovernmental Negotiating…