Story | 10 Apr, 2023
IUCN Director General’s mission to Brazil to reinforce conservation efforts
Brasilia, March 2023 - IUCN Director General Dr Bruno Oberle went on mission to Brazil to meet with the government and other key stakeholders and agree how to work together to address critical environmental issues affecting the country.
Story | 10 Apr, 2023
The "30x30" target and opportunities for OECMs in Viet Nam
The Aichi Targets adopted at the 2010 UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) conference in Nagoya, in Japan’s Aichi Prefecture, included Target 11 to effectively conserve 17% of all land and inland waters and 10% of the ocean by the end of the decade. While some progress was made toward…
Story | 10 Apr, 2023
Exploring the scope of ecofeminism in the biodiversity-climate nexus
Susan Ann Samuel, PhD Candidate at University of Leeds, School of Politics and International Studies
Story | 29 Mar, 2023
AFRIPAC: strengthening 5 countries' commitments to a UN Plastics Treaty
As the world moves towards an international, legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, IUCN and GRID-Arendal partner in a new project: AFRIPAC, "Effective Plastic Treaty Capacity Building for Africa." This project aims to empower five African nations´ negotiating skills for a strong…
News | 29 Mar, 2023
Strong regional commitment to One Health approach in Central Asia
Five Central Asian countries have jointly confirmed their interest to mitigate the risk of zoonosis emergence in the region by enhancing overall landscape resilience through the One Health approach. The commitments were shared today, closing out a three day regional workshop in Tashkent, co-…
News | 27 Mar, 2023
World Wetlands Day 2023 in Cambodia
On 2 February, Cambodia celebrated World Wetlands Day 2023 with the theme It’s time for Wetlands Restoration at Neth Yong High School, Battambang Province, which is one of the six provinces surrounding the Tonle Sap Lake, or the largest lake in Southeast Asia and the world’s…
IUCN event
Interactive Dialogue - Water for Climate, Resilience and Environment
The interactive dialogue is one of five, which are a key part of the official Programme of the UN Water Conference. It will explore the current status, challenges and opportunities for progress, including transformative solutions, related to the interlinkages between water, climate resilience…
Story | 27 Apr, 2023
Urgent action is needed to conserve the endangered intertidal zone and associated habitats along the Yellow and Bohai Seas, with populations of globally threatened and near threatened waterbird species continuing to decline, according to IUCN’s new report titled …
IUCN event
Freshwater Challenge: Mobilizing action to restore freshwater ecosystems
This high-level side event of the UN Water Conference will officially launch the Freshwater Challenge: a country-driven initiative to leverage the support needed to restore 300,000 km of rivers and 350 million hectares of inland wetlands by 2030 to enhance water security, tackle climate change,…