Story | 29 Mar, 2023
AFRIPAC: strengthening 5 countries' commitments to a UN Plastics Treaty
As the world moves towards an international, legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, IUCN and GRID-Arendal partner in a new project: AFRIPAC, "Effective Plastic Treaty Capacity Building for Africa." This project aims to empower five African nations´ negotiating skills for a strong…
Project | 01 Jul, 2019 - 31 Mar, 2023
Project | 01 Nov, 2022 - 31 Dec, 2024
AFRIPAC: Effective plastic treaty capacity building: Africa and African SIDS
Story | 26 Jan, 2023
Promoting Biodiversity Net Gain in the Eastern Region of Ghana
IUCN-Newmont collaboration releases the Akyem mine site Summary Report as part of the bilateral agreement focused on meeting positive results for biodiversity conservation
Story | 22 Dec, 2022
Indigenous Women’s Insights – Stewarding the Earth
In November, all along the busy maze of pavilion buildings in Sharm el Sheik, an estimated 45,000 people snaked along corridors hoping to inform crucial discussions surrounding climate policy at the United Nations Framework Climate Change Convention’s 27th Conference of Parties (UNFCCC COP 27).…
Commission statement | 2014
IUCN Commission Statement on the threat posed by unregulated use of poison
The IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) hereby outlines its position in relation to the increasing incidence and scale of the use of poison causing catastrophic declines in wildlife populations across Africa.
There is increasing evidence that agricultural pesticides are being misused…
Story | 06 Dec, 2022
The Restoration Initiative: A Sao Tome and Principe story
Linking forest conservation to profitable projects in Sao Tome and Principe
Story | 06 Dec, 2022
The Restoration Initiative: A Guinea-Bissau story
Helping local communities turn the tide on degraded mangrove forests in Guinea-Bissau