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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 4 December 2024 (IUCN) – A new three-year initiative funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to strengthen the role of civil society organizations (CSOs) in achieving Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) was officially launched during a side…

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, December 2024 (IUCN) – This month, the IUCN Forest and Grasslands Team (FGT) organized and engaged in a variety of events at UNCCD COP16, emphasizing the importance of restoring and sustainably managing grasslands, savannahs, and rangelands.

Cali, Colombia, 28 October 2024 (IUCN) – Thirty-eight per cent of the world’s trees are at risk of extinction according to the first Global Tree Assessment, published in today’s update of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Also in today’s update, the conservation status of the…

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – September 11, 2024 – The 10th IUCN Regional Conservation Forum (RCF) for West Asia, hosted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and represented by National Center for Wildlife (NCW), concluded today, marking a significant milestone in regional conservation efforts. The…

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, represented by the National Center for Wildlife (NCW), is hosting IUCN’s 10th Regional Conservation Forum (RCF) for West Asia from September 9-11, 2024, in Riyadh. Under the theme "West Asia Conservation Actions for a Sustainable Future", this event brings…

This introductory report's target audience is professionals from governments, civil society, private sector, and other stakeholders who know multilateral processes and treaties but are not high seas “BBNJ (biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction) experts”. The report is more digestible than…

An Introduction to the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction

Sara Albanna, Bahrain Women Association for Human Development

AlUla, a region with a unique natural environment and diverse ecosystems, has been a custodian of rich biodiversity and cultural heritage for centuries. However, in recent decades, human activities like droughts, overgrazing, wood cutting, and unorganized arid land cultivation have led to…

In a strategic collaboration with the Tilad for Environmental consultancy company, IUCN ROWA is currently implementing the Restoration of degraded rangelands and rainwater harvesting in selected areas in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia project. The owner of the project is the National Center for…