IUCN event
Oceania Regional Conservation Forum 2024
IUCN Regional Conservation Fora brings together IUCN Members and other constituents across each region of the world to discuss biodiversity conservation and sustainable development.
Project | 01 Apr, 2022 - 31 Mar, 2024
Enhancing Cooperation for Conservation Impact in the Western Tien-Shan
Project | 17 May, 2021 - 31 Dec, 2022
Story | 13 Aug, 2020
Even though naturally perfectly equipped to roam the steep mountains of Central Asia, the snow leopard is facing extinction. Around 7,500 individuals live in the wild, according to the most recent estimates. There is a strong commitment of conservationists to prevent the extinction of the…
Story | 19 May, 2020
Lebanon enters the eastern Mediterranean’s oil and gas fray
Lebanon, in the throes of a banking, monetary and financial crisis, is looking for a ray of light at the bottom of the sea. In February, it began exploring potential oil and gas deposits beneath the seafloor. But given the complex web of geostrategic interests, among other issues, ensuring the…
Story | 02 Feb, 2020
Cold Winter Deserts of Central Asia among potential World Heritage sites, new IUCN report finds
Cold Winter Deserts in Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are among six globally significant biodiversity sites in Central Asia that could potentially qualify for World Heritage status, according to a new report launched today by IUCN, the official advisor on natural World Heritage.