Infographic | 2018
BY DIGGING THEIR ROOTS IN TROPICAL SHORES, MANGROVES NOT ONLY DEFEND AGAINST RISING TIDES AND EXTREME WEATHER, BUT THEY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CHANGE THE STORM ITSELF.
Video | 2021
All forests are not equal (the case for primary forests)
Primary and intact forests are more valuable to people and to biodiversity than secondary or planted forests. Talk to your community, your NGO or your government about elevating the importance of primary forests into planning and policy.…
Podcast | 2022
This podcast series tackles opportunities around investing for Ocean Impact. When it comes to tackling climate change and the biodiversity crisis, the ocean and the world’s coastlines offer many solutions.
Yet these solutions don’t receive anywhere near enough money to…
Other brief | 2017
An introduction to ocean acidification
The oceans have absorbed between 24% and 33% of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions during the past five decades. While this uptake provides a valuable service to human societies by moderating the rate and severity of climate change, it comes at a cost for the oceans. The massive input…
Publication | 2022
Aquaculture and Nature-based Solutions
Aquaculture production has very significantly increased in tonnage and value over the last decades. It is seen as a potential solution to replace the declining wild fishery stocks. This publication is a first attempt to examine aquaculture systems within the recent framework of the IUCN Global…
Publication | 2021
Communities, conservation and livelihoods
In most places around the world, people are an integral, sometimes dominant, part of the environment. This has two implications. First, a key requirement for sustainability success lies in finding ways to meet the dual goals of conserving nature and providing for the well-being and quality of…
Publication | 2021
Cultural and spiritual significance of nature
The cultural and spiritual significance of nature has been defined as the spiritual, cultural, inspirational, aesthetic, historic and social meanings, values, feelings, ideas and associations that natural features and nature in general have for past, present and future generations of people –…
Publication | 2019
Guidelines for applying the IUCN protected area management categories to marine protected areas
The development of this second edition of these guidelines was in part a response to evidence of the widespread incorrect application of the categories to marine protected areas (MPAs). Marine management and sustainable fisheries management are critical elements of good oceans management, but…