Science-first approach to conservation that nature, people and economies first

• Agriculture and soil biodiversity
• Assessing ecosystems
• Biodiversity and health
• Ecosystem restoration
• Freshwater species
• Invasive Alien Species
• Managing ecosystems
• Marine species
• Species conservation action
• Species conservation science

IUCN monitors species and ecosystems, and steers policy and action to protect and restore the natural world.

• Agriculture and soil biodiversity
• Biodiversity net-gain
• Extractive, energy and infrastructure
• Fisheries and aquaculture
• Livelihoods and sustainable use
• Plastic and other pollution
• Tourism and sport

Human wellbeing depends on nature and economic development can no longer come at nature’s expense. IUCN works to help countries mainstream nature into economic decisions, including making the private sector part of the solution for people and nature.

• Agriculture and soil biodiversity
• Climate change impacts on nature
• Ecosystem-based Adaptation
• Ecosystem-based mitigation
• Nature-based Solutions for climate
• Ocean and climate change

IUCN monitors the impacts of climate change on nature, and guides the conservation and restoration of ecosystems to help mitigate and adapt to it.

• Agriculture and soil biodiversity
• Fisheries and aquaculture
• Freshwater species
• Livelihoods and sustainable use
• Plastic and other pollution
• Transboundary water governance and diplomacy

IUCN works to provide everyone with fair access to clean water, and to protect the freshwater ecosystems on which humanity depends.

• Agriculture and soil biodiversity
• Gender equality
• Global and transboundary frameworks
• High seas
• Indigenous peoples
• Legal training
• National legal systems
• Transboundary water governance and diplomacy

Equality and equity underpin sustainable development. IUCN works to enhance the agency of all those who are marginalised due to factors such as gender, class, age, (dis)ability, ethnicity, race or sexuality, and to ensure environmental law is effective and just.

• Agriculture and soil biodiversity
• Disaster risk reduction
• Ecosystem restoration
• Nature-based Solutions for climate
• Nature-based Solutions for cities
• IUCN Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions

Nature-based SolutionsTM leverage nature and the power of healthy ecosystems to protect people, optimise infrastructure and safeguard a stable and biodiverse future.

• Fisheries and aquaculture
• High seas
• Marine ecosystems
• Marine species
• Ocean and climate change
• Plastic and other pollution

IUCN works to conserve coastal, marine and polar ecosystems, and the many benefits they provide for humanity.  

• Agriculture and soil biodiversity
• Drylands and land degradation
• Effective protected areas
• Forests
• Livelihoods and sustainable use
• Marine ecosystems
• World Heritage

IUCN works to protect ecosystems, promote the sustainable use of landscapes and advance justice and equity in conservation.