IUCN event
Achieving Target 3: Technical support for implementing the 30x30 target
This event will bring together the most ambitious Parties, organisations and leading scientists in a global partnership to support adoption of Target 3 in the CBD GBF, and showcase new, existing, and upcoming technical guidance that will help Parties to contribute to this critical global target…
Information brief | 2022
This paper shares a perspective on what we consider as key considerations and main requirements to bear in mind to conclude a GBF designed to be ‘fit for purpose’. In other words, an effective, practical and implementable framework, concise and easy to communicate and capable of galvanizing…
IUCN Statement | 20 Nov, 2022
As COP27 closed today, IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, expressed its concern over the slow progress in tackling the climate crisis. At the same time, IUCN welcomed the clear recognition of the key role that Nature-based Solutions can play in addressing climate change,…
News | 16 Nov, 2022
IUCN and TCP Viet Nam collaborate on EPR to support the circular economy
MONRE led the revision of Law on Environmental Protection (LEP), which was approved by the National Assembly in December 2020. The LEP’s Articles 54-55 provide the legal basis for Extended Producer Responsibilities (EPR), initially for six sectors: packaging, electrical goods, tires, batteries,…
Position paper | 2022
IUCN Position Paper on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework OEWG-5 and CBD COP15
IUCN urges Parties to increase efforts, be bolder and more ambitious to finalize and adopt the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. We call on Parties to conclude negotiations in a spirit of collaboration and compromise for an ambitious framework that will catalyse the necessary action and…
Information brief | 2022
This paper presents in a succinct way, the mandate that IUCN received from its membership with regards to the development and implementation of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
Large event
IUCN participated in the CBD COP15 in Montreal to advocate for a post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework that sets coherent and ambitious goals and targets to halt and reverse the loss of biodiversity by 2030.
Publication | 2022
The Conserving our sea of islands report provides the first comprehensive assessment of area-based conservation in the region. The 23 countries and territories that it covers are diverse but share a common identity and geography, as well as many other features such as extensive customary …
Conservation Tool
The IUCN Red List of Ecosystems is a tool to assess the conservation status of ecosystems. It is based on scientific criteria for performing evidence-based analyses of the risk of ecosystem collapse, including changes in geographical distribution and the degradation of the key elements of…
Position paper | December 2020
IUCN Interim Position Updated Zero Draft Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
This paper presents IUCN's position on the updated zero draft of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework