The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) condemn, in ...

Ahead of International Women’s Day, IUCN reaffirms its unwavering commitment to protecting and advancing the rights of women and girls as a matter of justice, dignity and human rights.

On International Women’s Day, three projects working to mitigate gender-based violence in the context of environmental conservation and climate action have been awarded grants from the Resilient, ...

This Specialist Group (SG) works to advance the assessment of extinction risk and associated biological research on the over 550 reef and estuarine species in six families of marine fishes throughout ...

In its work on World Heritage, IUCN implements initiatives to enhance the role of the World Heritage Convention in protecting the planet’s biodiversity, and to promote effective use of its mechanisms ...

The IUCN Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions lists the Criteria and Indicators, as adopted by the 98th Meeting of the IUCN Council in 2020.

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 ...

Africa’s total rhino count has continued to increase despite poaching, while certain species in Asia face an existential threat. In Africa, poachers killed a total of 586 rhinos (mostly the more ...

Today, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered its Advisory Opinion on the obligations of States to protect the climate system. IUCN Director General Dr Grethel Aguilar addressing the ICJ ...

The first question that needs answering is: Why is justice considered a central issue in dealing with the climate change problem? The answer lays in the nature of the problem of climate change which ...

Earth’s ecosystems have evolved for millions of years, resulting in diverse and complex biological communities living in balance with their environment. Since the 16th century, human activity has ...