Page | 26 Jul, 2023
Enhancing Climate Resilience of Biodiversity Hotspots in Jordan
The project "Enhancing Climate Resilience of Biodiversity hotspots in Jordan" aims to enhance the resilience of vulnerable ecosystems and communities dependent on natural resources, to mitigate the adverse impacts of climate change. Well-designed and effectively managed protected areas provide…
News | 13 Jul, 2023
In the sidelines of the 10th OECS Council of Ministers Meeting on Environmental Sustainability, Mrs. Úrsula Parrilla, Regional Director for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and Mr. Didacus Jules (PhD), Director General of the…
Story | 20 Jun, 2023
Saving SomPhongs’s Rasbora: A Critically Endangered Fish in Thailand
The Seub Nahasathien Foundation (SNF) is a Thai non-governmental organisation committed to the preservation and safeguarding of vast forests, natural ecosystems, wildlife habitats, and precious endangered species. One of their vital initiatives focuses on preventing the sixth extinction and…
Grey literature | 2023
2023年世界自然保护联盟(IUCN)黄海状况分析—聚焦潮间带和相关沿海生境
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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…