Grey literature | 2023
High Seas Biodiversity Treaty Policy Brief
An Introduction to the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction
Commission statement | 2023
IUCN Commission Statement on shark control programs and shark culls
The IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) is aware that lethal approaches to reducing the risk of human-shark interactions are increasingly being adopted around the world. Several governments either have active shark control programs (i.e., bather protection programs) or frequently implement…
Commission statement | 2014
IUCN Commission Statement on the threat posed by unregulated use of poison
The IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) hereby outlines its position in relation to the increasing incidence and scale of the use of poison causing catastrophic declines in wildlife populations across Africa.
There is increasing evidence that agricultural pesticides are being misused…
Littérature grise | 2018
Se rapprocher de la nature pour prende soin de nous-mêmes et de la Terre
Destiné à un vaste public, ce sommaire vise à présenter les faits saillants des données les plus à jour et les plus probantes en faveur du rapprochement des gens avec la nature afin d’aider les décideurs de divers secteurs partout dans le monde à mettre en œuvre des politiques et des…
Literatura gris | 2018
Este informe presenta el creciente cuerpo de evidencia de que la relación de las personas con la naturaleza influye profundamente en sus comportamientos hacia la Tierra. En un momento en que el mundo se enfrenta a crecientes amenazas ambientales, comprender mejor la conexión crítica entre las…
Literatura gris | 2018
Conectar con la naturaleza para cuidar de nosotros mismos y de la Tierra
Este documento tiene como objetivo compartir los aspectos más destacados de la evidencia más actual y convincente para conectar a las personas con la naturaleza para ayudar a los tomadores de decisiones de diversos sectores en todo el mundo a implementar políticas y prácticas que ayudarán a los…
Grey literature | 2018
Connecting with Nature to Care for Ourselves and the Earth
This document shares highlights of the most current and compelling evidence for connecting people with nature to aid decision makers from diverse sectors across the world in implementing policies and practices that will help humans thrive in harmony with nature for decades to come.
Grey literature | 2018
Home to Us All: how connecting with nature helps us care for ourselves and the Earth
This report presents the growing body of evidence that people’s relationship with nature profoundly influences their behaviours toward the Earth. At a time when the world is confronted with growing environmental threats, better understanding the critical connection between people and nature is…
Publication | 2022
Situation analysis on the roles and risks of wildlife in the emergence of human infectious diseases
This situation analysis presents a thorough, evidence-based examination of the relationship between wildlife and zoonosis, wildlife and emerging human pathogens and associated diseases, their origins, drivers, and risk factors. There is considerable divergence of opinion around the subject both…
Publication | 2017
Freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas in the north-western Mediterranean sub-region
The Mediterranean Basin biodiversity hotspot is known to be one of the most biologically rich and complex regions on Earth. The north-western part of the hotspot (the area that covers all of the Iberian Peninsula, southern France, most of Italy and Malta) supports important river, lake, karst…