News | 10 Oct, 2023
IUCN Leaders Forum 2023 to drive action to halt nature loss
The second IUCN Leaders Forum opens in Geneva, Switzerland, and virtually from 11 to 13 October 2023 under the theme: Global goals for nature: Tracking progress, financing success.
Blog | 27 Sep, 2023
Reforming in Riyadh: the IUCN closing blog from the 2023 World Heritage Committee
The extended 45th session of the World Heritage Committee has just closed here in Riyadh, a mammoth event covering two years of work instead of the normal one. IUCN has had a good meeting, with a fantastic, diverse and hardworking delegation that has both brought our advisory role to the World…
News | 21 Sep, 2023
Central Asian countries fill major gaps on World Heritage List – further to IUCN advice
Cold Winter Deserts of Turan and Tugay Forests of the Tigrovaya Balka Nature Reserve are newly added to the UNESCO World Heritage List, following IUCN’s advice and the dedicated work of national authorities and international experts who supported the nominations.
News | 21 Sep, 2023
Major natural areas receive World Heritage protection, based on IUCN advice
The World Heritage Committee has enlarged natural World Heritage areas by more than 100 million hectares, an area roughly 26 times the size of Switzerland.
Story | 06 Sep, 2023
Gland, Switzerland 6 September 2023 (IUCN) – The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), as the official advisor on nature to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, recommends inscription of seven sites on the World Heritage List. The Volcanoes of Kamchatka, in…
Press release | 31 Aug, 2023
A fifth of species found in World Heritage sites – IUCN co-authored research
Gland, Switzerland, 31 August 2023 – Over 20% of mapped global species richness are found in World Heritage sites, despite these areas making up just 1% of the Earth’s surface, according to a joint assessment by IUCN, International Union for Conservation Nature, and UNESCO,…
Story | 24 Jul, 2023
Essential planetary health workers: Positioning rangers within global policy
New IUCN WCPA led publication outlines the need for global leaders across multiple sectors to recognize the profession of rangers as essential planetary health workers and to position rangers more effectively within global conservation and environmental policy mechanisms.
Story | 18 Jul, 2023
More than one hundred participants from 78 organisations based in 13 countries met in Kanchanaburi, Thailand, from 27–29 June to present and discuss the results of their efforts to conserve biodiversity in the Indo-Burma Biodiversity Hotspot. Marking the halfway point of a five-year investment…
Story | 17 Jul, 2023
CEC Regional Vice Chair for South America models conservation actions that build communities
The Commission on Education and Communication (CEC) celebrates the 25-year of work developed by Luis Camargo, CEC Regional Vice Chair for South America, as Founder and Director of the Organization for Environmental Education and Protection (OpEPA) modeling conservation actions that build…
Story | 27 Jun, 2023
An ancient rainforest in West Africa to connecting people with conservation and restoration
The Commission on Education and Communication (CEC) celebrates 31-years of work developed by Tommy Garnett, CEC Regional Vice Chair for West and Central Africa, in his role as Founder and Executive Director of the Environmental Foundation for Africa (EFA), which is working to inspire people to…