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File 2024Welcome to the first in a series of webinars by the End Plastic Pollution International Collaborative (EPPIC), held 22 March, 2024. -
Issues brief 2025- Wild species are used by billions of people who rely on them for many purposes including for food, medicine, income, and energy.
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Jointly published 2024This document provides broad guidance on surveillance of infectious and non-infectious wildlife diseases, pathogens and toxic agents to assist in the implementation of a national surveillance… -
Annual reports 2024The IUCN Africa Conservation Forum (ACF) is Africa’s foremost platform for advancing Conservation, uniting IUCN Members, Commissions, and diverse stakeholders to address critical environmental… -
FileThis is a 2024 Africa Conservation Forum (ACF) Pre-Forum event report from IUCN SOS -
Grey literature 2025The capacity of cities as landscapes to support biodiversity is accepted as one of the critical steps necessary to halt global biodiversity loss and also address the other two aspects of the… -
Brochure 2024The National Species Specialist Groups (NSSG) aim to bring together efforts at the national level to collaborate in making the best decisions to achieve biodiversity conservation based on the best… -
Brochure 2024The IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) aims to expand its efforts through regional and national approaches in order to collaborate in making the best decisions to achieve biodiversity… -
FileFrom 11-13 February 2025, South Asian University (New Delhi) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) will convene the second Meghna Knowledge Forum (MKF II), under the theme of… -
Other brief 2024In March 2024, a Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) Review Technical Team visited the Merian mine site in northeastern Suriname. The site is located at approximately 175 kilometres southeast…