News | 21 May, 2024
On 21 May 2024, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) published its Advisory Opinion in response to t
Story | 17 May, 2024
Global 24-hour online event marks a milestone in species conservation efforts
In a groundbreaking response to the IUCN World Conservation Congress Resolution 4.019, Reverse the Red hosted the first World Species Congress on May 15, 2024. This 24-hour online event successfully brought together conservationists, governments, civil society, indigenous organizations,…
Story | 14 May, 2024
Responding to the calls of multiple States, the IUCN WCEL has proposed that the crime of environmental destruction, when perpetrated as a means to damage, destroy, or injure any civilian population, be included in an eventual Convention on Crimes Against Humanity.
Story | 14 May, 2024
The event was organized by the School of Sustainability and Law, National Law University, Meghalaya in Shillong, in association with IUCN WCEL Task Force on Rights of Nature.
Blog | 13 May, 2024
The global community recently gathered in Canada, where concerns over the triple planetary crisis and problematic plastics converged to advance science and policy for a future Plastics Treaty that should address the full life cycle of plastics.
Press release | 07 May, 2024
Better production practices key to minimising impact of vegetable oils – IUCN report
Gland, Switzerland, 7 May 2024 (IUCN) – A new report from the IUCN Oil Crops Taskforce, released today, assesses the…
Press release | 26 Apr, 2024
A new study in the scientific journal Science provides the strongest evidence to date that not only is environmental conservation successful, but that scaling conservation interventions up would be transformational for halting and reversing biodiversity loss, a crisis that leads to ecosystem…
Story | 22 Apr, 2024
G. Carleton Ray, ocean pioneer and inspiration, (1928–2024)
Carleton was decades ahead of the times. Today we pursue his concepts repackaged in different terminology.
"We must avoid the careless and tragic exploitation of the sea which we have not avoided in the case of the land...Some of the richest areas should be set aside...The…