The reassessment of the world’s warm-water reef-building coral species has revealed that 44% are threatened with extinction. This Q&A provides more details.
Baku, Azerbaijan, 13 November 2024 (IUCN) – Forty-four per cent of reef-building coral species globally are at risk of extinction, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ reveals following a global assessment announced today at the ongoing COP29 UN climate conference in Azerbaijan.
In September 2024, Daphney Kiki, the CEESP Young Professional Focal Point for Oceania, attended the Oceania Regional Conservation Forum (ORCF) hosted by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in Suva, Fiji. This gathering included passionate environmentalists, Indigenous…
The Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination (MoCC&EC), Government of Pakistan, in collaboration with the International Network on Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR) and IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), concluded a two-day national validation workshop at…
IUCN Pakistan awarded four small grants worth six million Pakistani rupees each to local NGOs in Sindh and Balochistan provinces. The grant recipients - National Disability & Development Forum, Society for Rural Development Sindh, Coalition for Appropriate Resource Development, and WWF…
From 11 to 22 November 2024, IUCN will participate in the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan.
A two-day training workshop for environmental journalists was conducted in Karachi and Sonmiani, Pakistan, followed by an exposure visit to the Ramsar site of Miani Hor. The training aimed to equip reporters with the tools and knowledge needed to cover pressing environmental issues.
The National Coordinating Body (NCB) “Headed by the Secretary, Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination, Government of Pakistan, it represents a unique array of institutions directly or indirectly linked to the coastal marine ecosystem” convened its 23rd meeting in Karachi,…
To move ahead along with international environmental agenda and contributing to the Bonn challenge pledges, the government of Pakistan has started a major initiative of “The Ten Billion Tree Tsunami Program (TBTTP)” now called Upscaling Green Pakistan Program (UGPP) to plant and protect 10…
A targeted delegation of experts, led by Director General Grethel Aguilar, will represent IUCN at the sixteenth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP16), held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from 2 to 13 December 2024.