News | 21 Jun, 2024
In a thought-provoking new report titled "Planet on the Move", IUCN’s Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP) underscores the need for a paradigm shift in global conservation efforts in the face of growing human and other species migration potentially fuelled by…
Story | 07 Jun, 2024
IUCN, the official advisory body on nature to UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee, recommends the addition of four new sites to the prestigious World Heritage List for their outstanding natural value in Brazil, China, France and the UK. IUCN also recommends the extension of an existing serial site…
News | 30 May, 2024
IUCN Viet Nam and Hon Cau MPA are pleased to announce the call for sea turtle conservation volunteer programme 2024 in Hon Cau MPA, Binh Thuan Province.
Story | 08 Mar, 2024
Oma Tafua celebrates 20 years of whale research and conservation success
Oma Tafua (meaning “to treasure whales”) Kiwa Initiative project, a non-profit organisation in Niue, has achieved remarkable results in whale research. Between 2022 and 2023, the organisation documented over 70 individual humpback whales in Niue's catalogue, setting a record for the NGO and its…
News | 16 Nov, 2023
IUCN SSC and SeaTheFuture unite for a stronger future in ocean conservation
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Species Survival Commission (SSC) is partnering with SeaTheFuture’s ambitions to boost funding for Ocean conservation projects and bring strength to a movement that will ultimately benefit the entire world. This partnership, born…
Story | 10 Jan, 2022
Bangkok, Thailand, 13 December 2021: Siam City Cement Group (SCCC Group) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) extended their partnership for another three years at a signing…
Press release | 16 Dec, 2021
IUCN report identifies sites with World Heritage potential in Himalaya and beyond
Gland, Switzerland, 16 December 2021 (IUCN) – A new report lists seven broad areas in the Himalayas, the Hindu Kush and the Karakoram mountain ranges where new natural World Heritage sites could be found. It also identifies possible extensions of existing World Heritage sites,…
Press release | 06 Dec, 2021
All coral reefs in the Western Indian Ocean at high risk of collapse within 50 years
Gland, Switzerland, 6 December 2021 (IUCN) - A new assessment of the coral reefs of the Western Indian Ocean shows that they are all at high risk of collapse within the next five decades. Ocean warming and overfishing were identified as the main threats.
Story | 06 Dec, 2021
Conflict and climate change pressures on natural World Heritage in the Arab region
A new report, Tabe’a III, examines for the first time the impacts from conflict in natural World Heritage sites in the Arab States, as well as those from extreme weather conditions. It also looks at the connections between nature and culture in the management of these sites.
Press release | 12 Nov, 2021
IUCN welcomes recognition of nature’s role at COP26 and calls for more ambition
IUCN welcomes the progress made in Glasgow, including with respect to nature. However, it stresses that this headway will not be sufficient to “keep 1.5°C alive”, and calls for significant and meaningful step change at COP27. We are running out of time and options.