News | 24 Jan, 2022
Reset Earth: Toolkits for engaging learner experiences
The IUCN Commission on Education and Communication (CEC) extends the UNEP Ozone Secretariat's invitation to explore Reset Earth, a set of free toolkits to support teachers looking for creating engaging learner experiences with new…
Story | 02 Dec, 2021
Combining GIS, the positive outcomes achieved in Africa and Asia, and the stories of success behind them, IUCN Marine Plastics and Coastal Communities (MARPLASTICCs) presents its work tackling plastic pollution in the ocean.
Story | 16 Aug, 2021
IUCN is publishing a worldwide collection of case studies that provide concrete illustrations of how aquaculture can be part of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), sharing conservation objectives with the community while outlining critical issues that should be explored on a case-by-case basis. Today…
Story | 07 Jun, 2021
Ocean Acidification: The what, where, how, why and what next on this major ocean issue
In the last 200 years, the ocean has taken up around 30% of all CO2 emissions and this absorption has altered the production of calcium carbonate in oceanic waters, causing the phenomenon known as Ocean Acidification (OA). Our new web story provides a high-level look at all impacts of this…
Story | 27 May, 2021
The ocean and the UNFCCC Global Stocktake: What does this mean?
What the ocean means to the Global Stocktake (GST) has been analysed by multiple conservation organisations in this new report. The conclusion? The ocean, as a central part in the Earth's climate system, must also be central to the UNFCCC’s GST.
Story | 05 Apr, 2021
New book: "Advanced Introduction to Community-based Conservation"
CEESP News: by Fikret Berkes, University of Manitoba's Natural Resources Institute
The book is a synthesis of community-based conservation theory and practice, written as a textbook for university students and for international conservation practitioners. Berkes argues that biodiversity…
Story | 25 Feb, 2021
IUCN MARPLASTICCs project Provides Institutional Frameworks Governing Marine Plastic Pollution to understand marine plastic pollution and Extended Producer Responsibility in Asia and Africa
Story | 22 Dec, 2020
Supportive policies are key to forest landscape restoration
Experience has shown that for forest landscape restoration (FLR) to be successful, it needs to be supported by policies that incentivize, facilitate and mobilize the implementation of FLR. This IUCN brief describes a range of FLR-supportive policies, complemented by…
Story | 15 Dec, 2020
IUCN developed the Natural Resource Governance Framework to improve coherence and consistency in natural resource governance. Good governance of environmental resources is required to achieve human rights goals. The framework includes 10 principles and criteria…
Story | 14 Dec, 2020
5th International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC5) is on, new dates announced.
The new dates for IMPAC5, Vancouver, Canada, have been announced: 3-9 February, 2023. Co-hosts IUCN and the Canadian Government, together with the international committee for IMPAC5, invite you to prepare.