IUCN Issues Briefs
IUCN Issues Briefs provide key information on selected issues central to IUCN’s work. They are aimed at policy-makers, journalists or anyone looking for an accessible overview of the often complex issues related to nature conservation and sustainable development.
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![Thumbnail for Issues Brief: Impacts of tourism in Antarctica](/sites/default/files/2023-06/cover-image.jpg)
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![Ecosystem-based Adaptation](/sites/default/files/2022-07/ecosystem-based_adaptation_issues_brief_final_page-0001-min.jpg)
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![Marine protected areas and climate change](/sites/default/files/2022-07/mpas_and_climate_change_issues_brief_page-0001-min.jpg)
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![Ocean warming](/sites/default/files/2022-07/ocean_warming_issues_brief_final_page-0001-min.jpg)
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![The ocean and climate change](/sites/default/files/2022-07/the_ocean_and_climate_change_issues_brief-v2_page-0001-min.jpg)
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![Gender and climate change](/sites/default/files/2022-07/gender_and_climate_change_issues_brief_cop21_04122015_page-0001-min.jpg)
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![water-and-climate-change](/sites/default/files/2022-07/water-and-climate-change-1.jpg)
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![thumbnail_species_and_climate_change_issues_brief-2019-12.jpg](/sites/default/files/2022-04/thumbnail_species_and_climate_change_issues_brief-2019-12.jpg)
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![thumbnail_iucn_marine_heatwaves_issues_brief_october21.jpg](/sites/default/files/2022-04/thumbnail_iucn_marine_heatwaves_issues_brief_october21_0.jpg)
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![Post-2020 Issues Brief thumbnail](/sites/default/files/2022-07/thumbnail_0.png)
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