Speech | 08 Mar, 2024
Remarks by IUCN Oceania Regional Director for International Women's Day - 8 March 2024
Ni sa bula vinaka, talofa lava and good morning. Today, we celebrate across the ocean International Women’s Day, So happy Fijian women’s Day, Happy Samoan women’s day, happy Rotuman women’s day, happy Canadian women’s day, happy indigenous women’s day, happy international women’s day.
Crossroads blog | 07 Mar, 2024
Rising to the challenge: Addressing gender-based violence in climate efforts
This month, the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women is focused on financing towards gender equality and the empowerment of all women. And on International Women's Day, Dr Bama Athreya from the U.S. Agency for International…
IUCN Statement | 08 Mar, 2024
IUCN President and Director General’s Statement on International Women’s Day
Achieving gender equality and empowering women in environmental action are crucial for meeting our objectives in sustainable development, global climate efforts and biodiversity conservation. Despite this, women remain significantly disadvantaged in terms of rights, access to, and ownership over…
Grey literature | 2024
This publication releases new IUCN data on the number of women leading environmental ministries, compared with previous data. It also reviews the case, highlighting select data, on why gender equality and women’s empowerment are essential for global goals on achieving an inclusive and…
Blog | 07 Mar, 2024
Challenges and Opportunities in Offshore Marine Conservation
Challenges and opportunities in the offshore marine conservation field for a woman in her early career. In this article the critical mass of women in sea survival training as well as the offshore industries is pointed out in terms of how this can disadvantage women and how some of the humorous…
Story | 06 Mar, 2024
Conservation zones reunite communities and revive fish populations in Ubon Ratchatani, Thailand
River Mun is the beating heart of the fisher people who rely on its waters for their livelihood in the northeastern province of Ubon Ratchatani. The river, one of the largest and longest in northeast Thailand, is referred to as “mother” by local communities.
Grey literature | 2024
The Fundão disaster in 2015 was one of the biggest environmental disasters in Brazil’s history. The collapse of the dam near the city of Mariana released around 39 million m3 of tailings, which travelled 670 km to reach the Atlantic Ocean. Along the way, the tailings resulted in 19 deaths,…
DG Statement | 22 Feb, 2024
IUCN Director General Dr Grethel Aguilar delivered an address at the official opening ceremony of the 14th Conference of Parties of the Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals, in Samarkand, Uzbekistan on 12 February, 2024. Read the full speech below.
News | 23 Feb, 2024
CMS COP14: IUCN welcomes the Samarkand Strategic Plan for Migratory Species
IUCN commends governments at the 14th meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the UN Convention on Migratory Species (CMS COP14) for having reached transformative decisions, including the adoption of the Samarkand Strategic Plan for Migratory Species 2024-2032, along with resolutions and…