Story | 26 Aug, 2021
New guidance aims to help investors mitigate biodiversity risks in renewables
To accelerate the renewable energy transition, IUCN and The Biodiversity Consultancy have developed a framework to help investors conduct early screening for biodiversity risks in the early planning and design phase of solar and wind projects. This step is critical…
Story | 26 Aug, 2021
Scientists have discovered a 43-million-year-old fossil of a previously unknown amphibious four-legged whale species in Egypt.
Story | 25 Aug, 2021
Dan Laffoley: Stepping down but not stepping back from ocean protection
Dan Laffoley, IUCN WCPA Marine Vice Chair, is stepping down after sixteen years of dedicated service to the World Commission on Protected Areas and to ocean conservation in general. IUCN GMPP would like to thank Dan for his remarkable contribution to IUCN’s mission and congratulate him on…
Story | 25 Aug, 2021
A call for two Nature-based Solutions Trainers – International and Local (Western Balkans)
IUCN ECARO is seeking to contract two qualified and experienced candidates: Nature-based Solutions Trainers - one international and one local from the Western Balkans - to serve within the ADAPT project: Nature-based Solutions for resilient…
Story | 25 Aug, 2021
IUCN welcomes IPBES decision to develop crucial biodiversity reports
IUCN welcomes IPBES-8 plenary decision to approve the scoping reports of the ‘nexus’ and ‘transformative change’ assessments, and encourages the IUCN constituency to engage actively with the assessments process.
Story | 23 Aug, 2021
IUCN Congress, Ocean and Islands Pavilion schedule
The Global Marine and Polar Programme and partners will be presenting a number of key events at the Ocean and Islands Pavilion, IUCN World Conservation Congress 2021, summarised here. See you there physically or virtually!
Story | 23 Aug, 2021
FAO, IUCN SSC and OIE warn of African swine fever impact on wildlife conservation
The increasing rate of infection of African swine fever (ASF) among domestic and wild pigs in the Asia-Pacific region has prompted the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Species Survival Commission (IUCN SSC), and…
Story | 23 Aug, 2021
Roots of hope: how mangroves contribute to living in harmony with nature by 2050
At the next UN Biodiversity Summit in Spring 2022, governments are preparing to adopt a new global framework for managing nature through 2030. It will guide actions worldwide to preserve and protect nature and its essential services to people en route to living in harmony with nature by 2050.…
Story | 23 Aug, 2021
25 de agosto en en Lanjarón (Museo de la Miel) - 27 de agosto en Níjar (entrada Playa de San José). En el marco del proyecto LIFE Adaptamed, en colaboración con los ayuntamientos de Níjar, Lanjarón y el Museo de la Miel de Granada, UICN organiza dos talleres participativos, coordinados por la…
Story | 20 Aug, 2021
Strategies to help rural women protect forests
Around the world in forest communities, women entrepreneurs are making a big difference. More than 750 million women depend on forests for employment and household consumption, and women are among the fastest growing group of entrepreneurs. Federations of forest and farm producers around the…