Story | 12 Oct, 2022
IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology closes major gap in our ability to measure the state of nature
As the world is set to adopt a landmark treaty to halt the loss of biodiversity later this year, implementing and measuring progress against specific goals of this agreement will soon become a focus. With its long history of establishing standards and tools to track and measure the conservation…
Story | 11 Oct, 2022
In its efforts to mainstream human rights in the day-to-day operations of rangers in Southern Africa, IUCN’s SADC TFCA Financing Facility commissioned the first training session on Human Rights and Law Enforcement for its grant recipients in Lubombo TFCA, eSwatini.
Page | 11 Oct, 2022
World Heritage sites have been facing increasing pressure from various forms of development in recent years, which can lead to severe damage to their unique values – sometimes irreversibly. UNESCO and the Advisory Bodies to the World Heritage Committee, including IUCN, have issued guidance to…
Page | 11 Oct, 2022
The Connecting Practice project aims to define new methods and strategies to support Nature and Culture through engagement in the World Heritage Convention, which is the leading international instrument for conservation that brings together nature and culture.
Press release | 11 Oct, 2022
Over one third of hoverflies threatened with extinction in Europe - IUCN Red List
Brussels, Belgium, 11 October 2022 (IUCN) – Thirty-seven per cent of all hoverfly species in Europe are threatened with extinction, according to the first continent-wide assessment of this essential pollinator group on the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM, which was requested and…