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Policy brief 2026IUCN and WCPA Europe support the target to strictly protect at least a third of the EU’s protected areas. We recognise that there may be variations in the way that the concept of ‘strict protection’… -
Position paper 2026Land degradation now affects up to 40% of the Earth's surface, with cascading consequences for biodiversity, climate change, water security, food systems, and the stability of communities. Yet… -
File 2026The UN Decade Ecosystem Restoration Hub connects the UN Decade restoration community in a digital meeting place and enables restoration implementors to connect and meet new partners, find initiatives… -
Position paper 2026IUCN presents views and recommendations for selected agenda items of the meetings of the Subsidiary Bodies to the Convention on Biological Diversity, SBSTTA28 and SBI7 -
Policy brief 2026Plastic pollution is one of the fastest-growing drivers of biodiversity loss, undermining ocean health, human well-being, and the potential of a circular plastics economy and a sustainable blue… -
Policy brief 2026Financing Implementation of the Global Plastics Treaty - Delivering Outcomes for People, Nature and Climate -
File 2026The UN Decade Ecosystem Restoration Hub connects the UN Decade restoration community in a digital meeting place and enables restoration implementors to connect and meet new partners, find initiatives… -
Policy brief 2026An overview of IUCN's activities at the 2026 High-Level Political Forum -
File 2026The UN Decade Ecosystem Restoration Hub connects the UN Decade restoration community in a digital meeting place and enables restoration implementors to connect and meet new partners, find initiatives… -
Publication 2026Agricultural standards and associated certification schemes can play a critical role in mainstreaming biodiversity conservation within farming practices.However, the diversity of standards and…