Brochure | 2024
IUCN Africa Conservation Forum 2024
African Solutions for Nature and People: Creating transformative responses to the biodiversity and climate crisis in Africa.
Commission statement | 2023
The purpose of the IUCN SSC Position Statement on the role of Botanic Gardens, Zoos and Aquariums is threefold:
to outline SSC’s position on the roles played by these institutions in the conservation of species and their genetic diversity, to urge all these institutions to achieve their…Position paper
IUCN Position Paper for IPBES-10
IUCN presents in this document its views on the Thematic Assessment of Invasive Alien Species, the capacity-building, knowledge generation and supporting policy functions of IPBES, improving the effectiveness of the Platform, and on additional elements of the rolling work programme of the…
Grey literature | 2023
Assessing the social impacts of conservation: A review of methods
Helen Suich (independent resercher) and Neil Dawson (IUCN CEESP Chair of Human Wellbeing and Sustainable Livelihoods), report authors
Conservation Tool
Environmental Impact Classification for Alien Taxa
The Environmental Impact Classification for Alien Taxa (EICAT) is the IUCN global standard for measuring the severity of environmental impacts caused by animals, fungi and plants living outside their natural range.
Grey literature | 2021
The role of Indigenous peoples and local communities in effective and equitable conservation
A 2021 study led by members of CEESP's Theme on Human Wellbeing and Sustainable Livelihoods provides yet more evidence that conservation led by Indigenous Peoples and local communities, based around their own knowledge systems and…
Conservation Tool
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ is the world’s most comprehensive information source on the global extinction risk status of animal, fungus and plant species. Open to all, it is used by governmental bodies, non-profit organisations, businesses and individuals.
Video | 2021
All forests are not equal (the case for primary forests)
Primary and intact forests are more valuable to people and to biodiversity than secondary or planted forests. Talk to your community, your NGO or your government about elevating the importance of primary forests into planning and policy.…
Publication | 2021
Communities, conservation and livelihoods
In most places around the world, people are an integral, sometimes dominant, part of the environment. This has two implications. First, a key requirement for sustainability success lies in finding ways to meet the dual goals of conserving nature and providing for the well-being and quality of…
Publication | 2020
IUCN EICAT categories and criteria : first edition
A unified classification of alien taxa based on the magnitude of their environmental impacts has been developed in response to these issues. EICAT (Environmental Impact Classification for Alien Taxa) is a simple, objective and transparent method for classifying alien taxa in terms of the …