Conservation Tool
Contributions for Nature Platform
The Contributions for Nature platform allows IUCN Members to document where they are undertaking (or planning to undertake) conservation and restoration actions. It overlays data for biodiversity and for nature-based solutions to climate change.
Issues brief
Gender-based violence and the environment
Publication | 2022
Aquaculture and Nature-based Solutions
Aquaculture production has very significantly increased in tonnage and value over the last decades. It is seen as a potential solution to replace the declining wild fishery stocks. This publication is a first attempt to examine aquaculture systems within the recent framework of the IUCN Global…
Grey literature | 2021
Gender and national climate planning
This study aims to contribute to global and regional gender-climate policy data; enrich regional and national information to better target assistance to countries, their stakeholders and supporters; and inform more robust gender-responsive policymaking, knowledge and action at greater scales.
Publication | 2021
Gender-based violence and environment linkages
This summary for policy makers synthesises key issues, findings and recommendations from IUCN’s Gender-based violence and environment linkages: the violence of inequality (Castañeda et al., 2020). Bringing together existing and new evidence from across sectors and spheres, the publication serves…
Publication | 2021
Critical approaches to gender in mountain ecosystems
Women play a key role in nature conservation, yet they often lack the inputs, technologies, training and extension services, and various enablers and linkages that can enhance the effectiveness of their efforts. Evidence indicates that gender-inclusive and gender-sensitive conservation practices…
Grey literature | 2021
Planning and delivering Nature-based Solutions in Mediterranean cities...Executive summary
Publication | 2020
Conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in the islands and lagoons of northern Sri Lanka
After the 30-year long civil war was over, the Government of Sri Lanka commenced an accelerated programme to develop the Northern Province. If not carefully planned, such a programme will result in the loss of biodiversity and the consequent loss of services that ecosystems provide humans.…