At COP30 in Belém, the Friends of Ecosystem-based Adaptation (FEBA) network spotlighted Ecosystem-based Adaptation as a transformative, nature-driven solution linking climate resilience, biodiversity, ...
IUCN has adopted the first-ever global policy on synthetic biology and nature conservation. The policy was adopted by IUCN’s highest decision-making body, its Members’ Assembly, comprising the Union's ...
An international consortium today announced a major update to the world's biodiversity hotspots, funded by the Hempel Foundation. The two-year initiative aims to generate detailed scientific data to ...
Dr Jane Goodall, DBE, had been an active member of the Union for many decades. She was a long-standing member of the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), the world’s largest voluntary network of ...
Formally known as the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction ...
Windhoek, Namibia, 21 August 2025 (IUCN) – A groundbreaking assessment has officially recognised four distinct giraffe species, overturning previous classifications of the world’s tallest land mammal ...
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 ...
Gland, Switzerland, June 12 2025, (IUCN) – In a leap for global conservation efforts, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has added five new listings to its prestigious Green ...
We know that the loss and degradation of nature are critically undermining human wellbeing and quality of life. The 2020 IPBES global assessment on biodiversity[1] found that there are five major ...
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ now includes 169,420 species, of which 47,187 are threatened with extinction, according to the latest assessment. "Fungi are the unsung heroes of life on Earth ...
Conservation efforts have led to overall increases in the number of rhinos in Africa in recent years, but the continent’s rapidly growing human population – and the consequent loss of ecosystems – ...
After a 2024 that saw nearly 20 sites attain the coveted Green List Standard, the first global standard for effective and equitable area-based conservation, four new sites have opened their accounts ...
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