Blog | 23 Dec, 2019
Biodiversity offsetting is contentious: here’s an alternative
A guest blog by Dr Jeremy Simmonds at The University of Queensland explains an alternative approach to compensating for the residual impacts of development, in a manner that is explicitly linked to the achievement of jurisdictional biodiversity targets.
DG Statement | 18 Dec, 2019
IUCN Acting Director General’s Statement on International Migrants Day
When it is a deliberate choice, migration can be a powerful source of new opportunities. Yet for many people, migration is not a choice. Many are forced to leave their homes, fearing conflict and violence, or fleeing from persecution and human rights violations. For 2019, the UN has estimated…
Story | 17 Dec, 2019
Peace, Migration, and Environmental Change
CEESP News: by Galeo Saintz and Elaine Hsaio, Chairs of the CEESP Theme on Environment & Peace.
Migration of humans and other species is widely predicted to increase in large numbers due to environmental change (e.g., climate change and environmental degradation) and…
Story | 17 Dec, 2019
Addressing the climate change and poverty nexus
CEESP NEWS: by Anthony Charles, Senior Research Fellow in Environment and Sustainability (among other positions, please see below)
Blog | 17 Dec, 2019
Benefits of gender equality in sustainable ecosystem management
Gender equality and women’s empowerment are matters of fundamental human rights and prerequisites to meeting sustainable development goals around the world.
Story | 12 Dec, 2019
Will the European Green Deal meet its ambitious expectations?
The EU has launched the long-awaited European Green Deal, the plan to tackle the profound environmental crisis we are living in. IUCN welcomes this promising proposal, and encourages all actors to do…
Story | 10 Dec, 2019
BIOPAMA webinar: The IUCN Green List of Protected Areas
If you would like to discuss the best way to ensure the long-term, sustainable success of a committed protected area, please join us in a BIOPAMA webinar on the IUCN Green List of Protected Areas on Wednesday 11th December at…
Story | 10 Dec, 2019
Celebrate International Mountain Day 11 December 2019
Covering about 25% of the world’s total continental land surface and home to more than 85% of the world’s species of amphibians, birds, and mammals, mountains contain extraordinary natural values, a unique and diverse biodiversity and some of the world’s most…
Press release | 07 Dec, 2019
Marine life, fisheries increasingly threatened as the ocean loses oxygen – IUCN report
Madrid, Spain, 07.12.2019 (IUCN) - The loss of oxygen from the world’s ocean is increasingly threatening fish species and disrupting ecosystems, a new IUCN report…
Story | 05 Dec, 2019
Assurance for the IUCN Green List sustainability standard is required
IUCN is now seeking to secure our assurance provider for the Green List through the next quadrennial period, 2020 to 2024. The Assurance Provider would help maintain and deliver a credible and transparent evaluation process and governance framework for the IUCN Green List.