From Giant Freshwater Stingray to the Saola, one of the rarest animals on earth, Lao PDR is home to an abundance of unique species.
Malaga, 28 January 2025 (IUCN) - More than 50 experts from Andorra, Spain, France and Portugal met in Madrid for three days to develop a transnational conservation plan and define more urgent measures to prevent the extinction of this unique freshwater species.
World Wetlands Day is celebrated annually on 2 February. To celebrate this year’s theme of “protecting wetlands for our common future,” the Indo-Burma Ramsar Regional Initiative (IBRRI), hosted by the IUCN Asia Regional Office, is highlighting some of the work its…
Gland, Switzerland, 8 January 2025 (IUCN) – The largest global assessment of freshwater animals on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ to date has revealed that 24% of the world’s freshwater fish, dragonfly, damselfly, crab, crayfish and shrimp species are at high risk of extinction…
The Global Environment Facility’s Council approved today the CSO Challenge Program – a new global program led by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to recognise and scale up environmental solutions from civil society organisations (CSOs) including those from youth,…
In December 2024, the landmark report "Enhancing Meaningful Indigenous Leadership and Collaboration in International Environmental Governance Forums" unveiled the first global empirical study exploring the challenges faced by Indigenous Peoples in these critical forums. Authored by CEESP members…
The Government of Rwanda through the Ministry of Environment, the Rwanda Water Resources Board (RWB) in partnership with 2030 Water Resources Group hosted by the World Bank, launched the Inter-Sectoral Multi-Stakeholder Platform (MSP) for Water Resources Management in Rwanda.
In 2023, the COINACHI cooperative received the GLOBALG.A.P. Certification for the sustainable agricultural practices they promote in the Chipacá microwatershed, located in Chichicastenango, El Quiché, Guatemala. The high fruit yield and quality of the Hass avocado result from implementing…
A briefing series by the Forest Peoples Programme that looks at human rights violations linked to conservation and what actions are needed to stop them from happening.