Story | 27 Apr, 2023
Urgent action is needed to conserve the endangered intertidal zone and associated habitats along the Yellow and Bohai Seas, with populations of globally threatened and near threatened waterbird species continuing to decline, according to IUCN’s new report titled …
IUCN event
Freshwater Challenge: Mobilizing action to restore freshwater ecosystems
This high-level side event of the UN Water Conference will officially launch the Freshwater Challenge: a country-driven initiative to leverage the support needed to restore 300,000 km of rivers and 350 million hectares of inland wetlands by 2030 to enhance water security, tackle climate change,…
Story | 14 Feb, 2023
Transboundary dialogue on wetlands and agriculture in the Mekong Delta
In September 2022, IUCN and Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) organised a transboundary dialogue on wetlands (seasonally flooded grasslands) and agriculture in the Mekong Delta. The dialogue was held in Kampot, Cambodia, with 60 participants from provincial governments, research…
Story | 26 Jan, 2023
Meet the Pollinator Expert: Axel Hochkirch
In this edition of “Meet the Expert”, we introduce Prof. Dr. Axel Hochkirch, Chair of the IUCN SSC Invertebrate Conservation Committee and associate professor in the Biogeography department at Trier University in Germany.
Grey literature | 2023
Manual of invasive alien species in the Eastern Mediterranean
Marine invasive species can have a disastrous impact on biodiversity, ecosystems, fisheries, human health, tourism and coastal development, and they can be extremely difficult and costly to control.
Declaración de la UICN | 19 Dec, 2022
La UICN acoge con beneplácito el Marco Global de Biodiversidad Post-2020, que fue adoptado en la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre Biodiversidad (CDB COP15) en Montreal, Canadá, el 19 de diciembre de 2022, después de cuatro largos años de negociaciones. Felicitamos a la Presidencia china…
IUCN Statement | 19 Dec, 2022
IUCN welcomes the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, which was adopted at the UN Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP15) in Montreal, Canada on 19 December 2022 after four long years of negotiations. We congratulate the Chinese Presidency, Canadian hosts and the CBD secretariat for their…
Commission statement | 1989
IUCN Commission Statement on research involving species at risk of extinction
IUCN holds that all research on or affecting a threatened species carries a moral responsibility for the preservation or enhancement of the survival of that species. Conservation of the research resource is clearly in the interest of the researchers.