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The World Heritage Programme is currently undertaking an update of the Enhancing our Heritage Toolkit, published in 2008. Originally designed to assist with management effectiveness assessments at natural sites, the revisions aim to make it applicable for cultural sites as wells.

The World Heritage Leadership programme is a capacity-building initiative aiming to improve conservation and management practices for culture and nature, as an integral component of World Heritage sites' contribution to sustainable development.

In March 2022, the United Nations Environmental Assembly (UNEA) decided to work towards an international legally binding instrument to end plastic pollution.  IUCN will engage in the negotiations providing science-based expertise and evidence to ensure the development of a robust instrument with…

The Conserving our sea of islands report provides the first comprehensive assessment of area-based conservation in the region. The 23 countries and territories that it covers are diverse but share a common identity and geography, as well as many other features such as extensive customary …

In this open letter, Antonio Troya, the Director of the IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation, reflects on the progress made in the last 20 years in the Mediterranean region, besides outlining the current and future challenges faced by nature and human societies to prepare for a new…