IUCN Statement | 19 Jun, 2022
IUCN Statement on human rights violations in Loliondo, Tanzania
IUCN is deeply concerned by reports of violence by security forces against the Maasai Indigenous Peoples in the Loliondo Division of Ngorongoro District, in northern Tanzania. Reports of at least one death and a number of people sustaining injuries are particularly alarming.
Story | 15 Jun, 2022
Govan Wetlands of Glasgow: winner of Ramsar-Danone Grant
The Convention on Wetlands and Danone awarded the Pitch for the Grant 2022, a new EUR 10,000 grant from Danone to fund wetland conservation projects, to BlueGreen for its work on the Govan Wetlands of Glasgow
Story | 23 May, 2022
Fantastic Freshwater: 50 landmark species for conservation
To mark International Day for Biodiversity (22 May), a new report shines the spotlight on overlooked and underappreciated freshwater species that are in urgent need of conservation. 'Fantastic Freshwater: 50 landmark species for conservation' is the result of a…
Story | 04 May, 2022
Important Shark and Ray Areas news
The IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group has developed the foundations for an expert-driven innovative approach to ensure that discrete portions of habitats, critical to shark species, are delineated and used in various place-based conservation and management initiatives…
Press release | 27 Apr, 2022
Gland, Switzerland, 27 April 2022 (IUCN / NatureServe / Conservation International) – Conservation efforts for other animals have likely helped protect many reptile species, according to a new…
Story | 27 Apr, 2022
World’s reptiles comprehensively assessed – IUCN Red List
Gland, Switzerland, 27 April 2022 (IUCN) – More than one in five of the world’s reptiles are threatened with extinction, according to the Global Reptile Assessment published on the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM.
Story | 22 Apr, 2022
A collaborative report by FAO, TRAFFIC, and the IUCN Species Survival Commission Medicinal Plant Specialist Group (MPSG) evaluates twelve flagship wild-harvested ingredients, assigning them social and biological risk ratings to highlight where improvements can be made.
Story | 18 Mar, 2022
Interview with Joao Sousa, IUCN resident plastics expert, on the global plastic pollution treaty
The IUCN Ocean Team sat down with João recently to discuss what the UN Environment Assembly is calling, "the most significant environmental deal since the Paris accord". It is a Resolution endorsed by 175 Ministers and Heads of Member States which will create an intergovernmental committee…
Press release | 11 Mar, 2022
New report reviews efforts to return the European bison from the brink of extinction
The European Bison Conservation Center (EBCC) and the Bison Specialist Group (BSG) of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Species Survival Commission (SSC) announce today the co-publication of a new report on the ecology and status of the European bison (Bison bonasus…
Story | 03 Feb, 2022
IUCN Africa Protected Areas Congress (APAC) postponed
The Inaugural IUCN Africa Protected Areas Congress (APAC), previously scheduled for 7-12 March 2022, has been postponed to 18-23 July 2022 in Kigali, Rwanda.