Blog | 28 Apr, 2023
IUCN convened National High Level Dialogue on Sustainable Agriculture in Rwanda
Kigali - Rwanda, 27 April 2023 - The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Rwanda’s Ministry of agriculture and Animal Resources (MINAGRI), the Ministry of Environment (MoE), Rwanda Agriculture and Animal…
Story | 25 Apr, 2023
Cambodia Ramsar Site threatened by upstream dam operations, climate change and poaching
In April 2023, the Fishing Cat Ecological Enterprise (FCEE), an entity supported by IUCN’s Mekong WET project, published a Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment (CCV
Story | 25 Apr, 2023
On 24 March 2023, during the UN Water Conference in New York, IUCN signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Environment, Republic of Korea (MoE) and the Korea Water Resources Corporation (K-Water).
Story | 20 Apr, 2023
Democratising data for more inclusive governance to strengthen conservation in the Mekong Basin
From 14-16 March 2023, the Sustainable Infrastructure Partnership, which aims to promote the stability, peace, prosperity, and sustainable development of the Mekong sub-region, hosted the Mekong Research Symposium in Chiang Rai, Thailand.
Story | 10 Apr, 2023
IUCN Director General’s mission to Brazil to reinforce conservation efforts
Brasilia, March 2023 - IUCN Director General Dr Bruno Oberle went on mission to Brazil to meet with the government and other key stakeholders and agree how to work together to address critical environmental issues affecting the country.
Story | 10 Apr, 2023
The "30x30" target and opportunities for OECMs in Viet Nam
The Aichi Targets adopted at the 2010 UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) conference in Nagoya, in Japan’s Aichi Prefecture, included Target 11 to effectively conserve 17% of all land and inland waters and 10% of the ocean by the end of the decade. While some progress was made toward…
IUCN event
Interactive Dialogue - Water for Climate, Resilience and Environment
The interactive dialogue is one of five, which are a key part of the official Programme of the UN Water Conference. It will explore the current status, challenges and opportunities for progress, including transformative solutions, related to the interlinkages between water, climate resilience…
Story | 27 Apr, 2023
Urgent action is needed to conserve the endangered intertidal zone and associated habitats along the Yellow and Bohai Seas, with populations of globally threatened and near threatened waterbird species continuing to decline, according to IUCN’s new report titled …
DG Statement | 06 Mar, 2023
IUCN Director General’s open letter to ISA Members on deep-sea mining
Dear Members of the International Seabed Authority,
In September 2021 at the IUCN World Conservation Congress, IUCN Member States, civil society and Indigenous organisations overwhelmingly …