Story | 27 Jun, 2023
The Commission on Education and Communication (CEC) celebrates the work of Dr. Biswajit De, CEC Member, in his role as Founder President of WildRoots - An organization guided by the vision of creating a sustainable model, its means and a platform to promote collaborative synergies between Urban…
Story | 14 Jun, 2023
Local communities take action to safeguard the critically endangered Jullien’s Golden Carp
Jullien’s Golden Carp (Probarbus jullieni) is a large migratory freshwater fish found in the Mekong river basins and its major tributaries in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand, Viet Nam, and Malaysia. Classified as critically endangered on the IUCN Red…
News | 05 Jun, 2023
IUCN Launches the Project “Enhancing climate resilience of Biodiversity Hotspots in Jordan"
Under the patronage of H.E. Dr. Muawieh Radaideh, The Minister of Environment, The International Union for Conservation of Nature – Regional Office for West Asia (IUCN ROWA) and Global Affairs Canada launched the project "Enhancing Climate Resilience of Biodiversity Hotspots in Jordan". The…
Story | 02 Jun, 2023
Small Island Developing States call for ambitious Global Plastics Treaty – INC-2 Paris
To address the threat that plastic poses to our ocean, climate, economies, and health, Small Island Developing States (SIDS) have called for an ambitious UN Treaty, which acts across the whole plastics lifecycle, during their meeting at the Second Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating…
DG Statement | 01 Jun, 2023
IUCN Director General’s Statement for World Environment Day 2023
Over 400 million tons of plastic are produced worldwide every year. Plastic pollution is a complex issue, and affects all land, freshwater, and marine ecosystems. It threatens human and ecosystem health, negatively impacts important economic activities, and contributes to climate change. By 2015…
Littérature grise | 2023
Dans le cadre de la triple crise planétaire, la pollution est l'un des principaux moteurs de la perte de biodiversité et de la dégradation des écosystèmes, sur terre, dans l'air, dans l'eau et dans l'environnement marin.
Policy brief | 2023
INC-2 Plastic Pollution Treaty
As part of the triple planetary crisis, pollution is one of the major drivers of biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation, and plastic pollution is detrimental to our terrestrial, freshwater and marine biodiversity and ecosystems, upon which livelihoods and economies depend.
Grey literature | 2023
There are many steps in the process of advancing from opening negotiations to concluding a final treaty and, for this reason, the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law has issued the following brief outline for the legal process of treaty negotiations.
Literatura gris | 2023
Notas informativas de la CMDA-UICN para negociadores en el CIN-2
En 2022, la Comisión Mundial de Derecho Ambiental de la UICN (CMDA) creó el Grupo de Trabajo sobre la Contaminación por Plásticos para proporcionar información y apoyo al proceso de negociación del Tratado. La siguiente serie de seis notas jurídicas específicas forman parte de la Presentación de…
Littérature grise | 2023
Notes d’information de la CMDE-UICN à l’intention des négociateurs du CIN-2
En 2022, la Commission mondiale de l’UICN du droit de l’environnement (CMDE) a créé le Groupe de travail sur la pollution plastique dans le but de fournir des informations et un soutien au processus de négociation du Traité. La série suivante de six notes juridiques ciblées fait partie de la…