Story | 21 May, 2021
Turning the tide on biodiversity loss: Interview with James Dalton
Tomorrow 22 May is World Biodiversity Day. The theme “We are part of the solution” aims to highlight how biodiversity is part of the answer to challenges like climate change, sustainable development and water security. Yet, we are seeing a devastating loss of biodiversity and a breakdown of…
DG Statement | 21 May, 2021
IUCN Director General’s Statement for International Day for Biological Diversity
We mark this year's International Day for Biological Diversity at a time of upheaval, in the midst of a continuing pandemic, a fast-changing climate, with biodiversity in steep decline. At the same time, we know that halting biodiversity loss is possible, and that it can open the way to a more…
Story | 09 Apr, 2021
People in Nature: Understanding how communities use biodiversity
People in Nature provides an assessment framework to aid project development through an understanding of community uses of biodiversity
Story | 06 Apr, 2021
IUCN Global Youth Summit on nature to be held online from 6 to 16 April
Gland, Switzerland, 06 April 2021 – More than 10,000 young people will connect and exchange ideas online at the first-ever International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Global Youth Summit, from 6 to 16 April. The outcomes of the Summit will be presented to the IUCN…
Story | 26 Mar, 2021
Blog by James Dalton -- Monday this week saw the 28th annual World Water Day. The Day celebrates water and raises awareness about the global water crisis, the theme this year was valuing water.
Story | 22 Mar, 2021
World Water Day 2021: The Value of Water
When seen from space, our planet is predominantly blue, seemingly abundant with water. Yet only 1% of its surface area is actually freshwater. The world urgently needs to value the precious and limited resource that is freshwater. 'The Value of Water' is the theme of World Water Day 2021 and the…
Story | 22 Feb, 2021
One-third of freshwater fish face extinction, warns new report
A new report ‘The World’s Forgotten Fishes’ reveals the extraordinary variety of freshwater fish. This variety accounts for over half of all the world’s fish species and is essential to the health of the world’s rivers, lakes and wetlands and well-being of societies and economies across the…
Story | 07 Jan, 2021
CEC celebrates Alejandra Torrez
Alejandra Torrez shares her story working in the 'Andean Cat Education Program', an initiative aiming to achieve a permanent change in the perception and valuation of nature, especially the Andean cat as an emblematic specie of the Andes in Bolivia. Alejandra…
Story | 03 Dec, 2020
CEC Co-Organized International Snow Leopard Day Celebration in China
The event led by Beijing Forestry University and Eco-Bridge Continental was successfully held in Beijing and Kunming