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IUCN Director General Dr Bruno Oberle announced today that he will be stepping down at the end of 2023. Dr Oberle, who has led the creation of an IUCN Member-mandated 20-year vision for the Union, has stated that the subsequent stages of this plan should be designed by a chief executive who will…

Oxford, UK, Thursday 30 March 2023 (IUCN) – Hundreds of representatives from conservation organisations, academia, governments, businesses and indigenous and local communities from six continents and 70 countries will meet for the International Conference on Human-Wildlife Conflict and…

As the world moves towards an international, legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, IUCN and GRID-Arendal partner in a new project: AFRIPAC, "Effective Plastic Treaty Capacity Building for Africa." This project aims to empower five African nations´ negotiating skills for a strong…

Five Central Asian countries have jointly confirmed their interest to mitigate the risk of zoonosis emergence in the region by enhancing overall landscape resilience through the One Health approach. The commitments were shared today, closing out a three day regional workshop in Tashkent, co-…

The Global Judicial Institute on the Environment (GJIE), in collaboration with IUCN WCEL, UNEP, ICEL, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil and the International Association of Judges (IAJ) hosted this UN Water Conference official side event on 18 March 2023.

Every year, Government of Rwanda joins the rest of the world to mark International Day of Forests, Water and Meteo. These three global events are an opportunity to highlight the importance of forests, water, and weather in our daily lives.

More than 1700 participants joined IUCN WCEL and the Hassan II International Center for Environmental Training for a high-level global expert webinar. The event discussed avenues to preserve biodiversity.

The 5th International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC5) took place in Vancouver, Canada from February 3-9, 2023. This article summarizes several highlights of the conference from CEESP attendees.

On February 2, Cambodia celebrated World Wetlands Day 2023 with the theme It’s time for Wetlands Restoration at Neth Yong High School, Battambang Province, one of six provinces around the Tonle Sap Lake, which is the largest lake in Southeast Asia​ and the world’s largest…

Monaco, 22 March 2023 - The MSC Foundation and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) today announced a new partnership to conserve and restore threatened coral reefs. The announcement was made during Monaco Ocean Week, an event that brings experts and leaders from…