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The purpose of the IUCN SSC Position Statement on the role of Botanic Gardens, Zoos and Aquariums is threefold:

to outline SSC’s position on the roles played by these institutions in the conservation of species and their genetic diversity, to urge all these institutions to achieve their…

Biodiversity in Kenya has today received a boost with the establishment of the IUCN Kenya Species Specialist Group (KeSSG) announced on the second day of the inaugural Wildlife Scientific Conference hosted by the Wildlife Research & Training Institute (WRTI) in Naivasha, Kenya.

Gland, Switzerland, 4 September 2023 (IUCN) – IUCN, the International Union for Conservation Nature, welcomes the Assessment Report on Invasive Alien Species and their Control, today launched at the tenth plenary of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (…

To address the threat that plastic poses to our ocean, climate, economies, and health, IUCN and the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law have prepared a series of 10 briefings for negotiators to assist them in the upcoming Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution in…

Briefing 10 of 10 covers Free Trade Agreement Convergence and the Plastic Pollution Treaty

Briefing 9 of 10 covers Connections between IUCN’s Plastic Pollution Elimination Timeline and the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF)

Briefing 8 of 10 covers the Connections between IUCN’s Plastic Pollution Elimination Timeline and the SDGs

Briefing 7 of 10 covers the Legal Process of Treaty Negotiations

Briefing 6 of 10 covers Circular Economy and Plastics Life-Cycle Issues for the Plastics Treaty