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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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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
The international community has made some headway on pledges to protect 30% of the Earth by 2030 but progress must accelerate ...
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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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ALMURUNA - Building Climate Resilience Through Enhance Water Security in MENA Region
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is the most water-scarce region in the world. Throughout the MENA region both surface and groundwater resources are under pressure and over exploited because of ...
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Water as a human right
Formally acknowledging water as a human right could encourage the international community and governments to enhance their efforts to satisfy basic human needs and to meet the Millennium Development ...
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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 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 ...
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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 ...