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More than one in three tree species worldwide faces extinction - IUCN Red List
Thirty-eight per cent of the world’s trees are at risk of extinction according to the first Global Tree Assessment, published ...
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IUCN Director General's statement on COP16 of the Convention on Biological Diversity
COP16 has made its mark. Hailed as the biggest biodiversity COP ever, with a record number of delegates (around 23,000), a High-level Segment attended by six Heads of States, more than 130 Ministers ...
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IUCN celebrates 10 impactful years of tiger conservation with new report
A new report from IUCN’s Integrated Tiger Habitat Conservation Programme (ITHCP) highlights a decade of transformative ...
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New COLOURS programme launched to strengthen the rights of Indigenous peoples…
A wide-reaching new partnership between the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the European Union (EU) ...
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IUCN SSC Cave Invertebrate Specialist Group
CISG is a global network of experts working on organisms associated with karst and caves. The majority of caves are found in limestone rock. The cave environment can be divided into the twilight zone ...
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The plastic pollution crisis
Plastics only began to be produced in large quantities following the second world war – but plastic pollution has since become one of the most serious threats humanity faces. By 2015, 60% of all ...
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Source-to-sea and landscape approaches in the Rio Doce Basin
Watersheds are areas delimited by a main river and its tributaries that flow into the same watercourse. They are important units to consider when integrating water resources management and ...
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Prestigious Law and Diplomacy award recognises Kristina Gjerde, IUCN High Seas Advisor, for landmark work to protect high seas biodiversity
The work of Singapore’s Ambassador for International Law, Rena Lee, and Kristina Gjerde, Senior High Seas Advisor to IUCN, was recognised and celebrated at a ceremony in New York City on October 24, ...
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IUCN WCEL Specialist Group on Environmental Security and Conflict Law delivers policy guidance for ILC Principles 10 and 11
This policy guidance aims to set out recommendations for best practices for states and corporations regarding the implementation of the ILC Principles on the protection of the environment in relation ...
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Strengthening conservation voices: Over 20 CSOs enhance communications skills at IUCN-CEPF workshop
Over 20 civil society organisations from five countries strengthened their project communications at a three-day workshop organised by IUCN in Siem Reap, Cambodia, from 8-10 October 2024.
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World must act faster to protect 30% of the planet: protected and conserved areas need to double on land and triple at sea by 2030
Cali, 28 October 2024 – The international community has made some headway on pledges to protect 30% of the Earth by 2030 but progress must accelerate, the official progress report from the UN ...
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IUCN and partners launch GEF-funded project to protect tropical primary forests at COP16
Cali, Colombia, 25 October 2024 (IUCN) – Today, at the sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP16), The International Union for ...