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.
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 7 December 2024 (IUCN) – As droughts become more frequent and intense, their ripple effects impact every aspect of life, creating an urgent demand for effective solutions that meet the needs of people while enhancing ecosystem integrity. This was the premise of a…
As the last of the Rio Conventions to meet in late 2024, UNCCD COP16 takes place against the backdrop of an interlinked climate, biodiversity and land degradation crisis, with progress against societal goals deeply insufficient. There is a collective need to scale-up our actions and investments…
The "Entrenamiento en Ciudadanía Ambiental" (ECA) by Eco Maxei, launched in 2020 and now in its fifth generation, exemplifies a transformative approach to leadership and justice in environmental advocacy.
Unama'ki Institute of Natural Resources (UINR) has been a leader in advancing Indigenous leadership in Mi'kma'ki (Atlantic Canada) and has been an important voice for Indigenous self-determination and enhanced roles in natural resource management.
Cali, 31 October 2024 — A new discussion paper launched by the global ENACT Partnership at United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP16) outlines three policy…
Cali, Colombia, 27 October 2024 (IUCN) – Today, at the Convention of Biological Diversity (COP16) in Colombia, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and Canopy hosted an expert panel focused on how the transformation of the…
A targeted delegation of experts, led by Director General Grethel Aguilar, represented 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.
In June 2024, the IUCN's CEESP Task Force on Migration, Environmental Change, and Conflict released the report "Planet on the move: Reimagining conservation at the intersection of migration, environmental change and conflict;" it warns that up to 700 million people could be displaced by 2050,…