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On behalf of organizers, IUCN would like to express our sincere thanks for all applicants of marine turtle conservation volunteer programme in Con Dao National Park - Summer 2023.

A delegation of 13 experts, led by Ms Sonia Peña Moreno – Director, International Policy Centre – represented IUCN at the fifteenth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP15), held in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire from 9 to 20 May…

Bangkok, Thailand, 15 May 2023: IUCN Asia, together with the Embassy of Japan in Thailand and the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), organised a side event on Nature-based Solutions (NbS) during the 79th ESCAP Commission Session. Held at the United Nations…

A total of 126 invasive alien species (IAS) and another 89 species posing a serious threat to freshwater and estuarine ecosystems have been recorded by the Life Invasaqua project in Spain and Portugal.

From the 25th to the 26th of May this conference, led by IUCN-Med, will…

On behalf of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), it is my great pleasure to extend my warmest greetings to all of you on this auspicious occasion of International Biodiversity Day 2023. As we come together to celebrate the remarkable diversity of life on our planet, it is…

The Vice President’s Office of the United Republic of Tanzania, the Embassy of Sweden in Tanzania, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) have today launched a new project ‘SUSTAIN Eco’ to support ecosystem management across government, businesses, and with local…

Great results in ecosystem restoration can be achieved when different stakeholders, local communities and decision-makers join forces to deliver impact, as said by the recently released annual report of The Restoration Initiative (TRI) for 2022.

How many different species of animals and plants can you spot in a city? How often do you immerse yourself in urban nature? Are today’s city-dwellers alienated from nature more than ever?

With the adoption of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) at the 15th Conference of Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 15), countries such as…

Aproximadamente 75 metas de los objetivos de desarrollo sostenible dependen de la conservación, restauración y gestión sostenible de los ecosistemas de agua dulce.  Aun así, se pierden 3 veces más rápido que los bosques y apenas estamos aprendiendo a conservarlos de manera integral. A…