News | 21 Nov, 2023
Sports outline game plan to safeguard biodiversity at first Sports for Nature Annual Meeting
Lausanne, Switzerland – Sports for Nature signatories demonstrated how they are embedding nature in their sustainability strategies and called for further guidance to help them contribute to global biodiversity goals at the first Sports for Nature Annual Meeting held here last week, following…
News | 27 Oct, 2023
SOS Lemurs to continue until 2029 thanks to 9.5 million CHF extension
In an ongoing commitment to protect one of the world’s most threatened primate groups, IUCN Save Our Species is proud to announce the extension of the SOS Lemurs initiative with a 9.5 million CHF second phase. The only initiative dedicated…
Story | 26 Oct, 2023
Students learn about nature through art in Lang Sen Wetland Nature Reserve
On 26-28 September 2023, IUCN collaborated with Lang Sen Wetland Nature Reserve (NR) to organise a nature and art event on the theme “I love wetlands in Lang Sen” at the Vinh Chau A, Vinh Loi, and the Vinh Dai Primary & Secondary Schools in Long An Province. The aim was to educate and raise…
Press release | 16 Oct, 2023
IUCN’s Global Species Action Plan to guide global efforts to halt biodiversity loss
Nairobi, Kenya (IUCN) – The Global Species Action Plan, launched at the Convention on Biological Diversity’s 25th meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice, sets out a transformative path for countries to implement actions to mitigate species decline.
Commission statement | 2023
The purpose of the IUCN SSC Position Statement on the role of Botanic Gardens, Zoos and Aquariums is threefold:
to outline SSC’s position on the roles played by these institutions in the conservation of species and their genetic diversity, to urge all these institutions to achieve their…News | 27 Sep, 2023
Biodiversity in Kenya has today received a boost with the establishment of the IUCN Kenya Species Specialist Group (KeSSG) announced on the second day of the inaugural Wildlife Scientific Conference hosted by the Wildlife Research & Training Institute (WRTI) in Naivasha, Kenya.
News | 18 Sep, 2023
Biodiversity protections off-track to meet Sustainable Development Goals – IUCN report
The state of biodiversity is in severe decline, with deforestation, land degradation and species extinctions all moving in the wrong direction to meet the Sustainable Development Goals, according to an IUCN report published today during the ongoing SDG Summit at the United Nations General…
Press release | 04 Sep, 2023
Gland, Switzerland, 4 September 2023 (IUCN) – IUCN, the International Union for Conservation Nature, welcomes the Assessment Report on Invasive Alien Species and their Control, today launched at the tenth plenary of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (…
Story | 18 Aug, 2023
New IUCN and IUCN WCEL Legal Briefings for Plastics Treaty Negotiators in three languages
To address the threat that plastic poses to our ocean, climate, economies, and health, IUCN and the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law have prepared a series of 10 briefings for negotiators to assist them in the upcoming Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution in…
Information brief | 2023
INC-3 Negotiator Briefing 10 of 10 Free Trade Agreement Convergence and the Plastics Treaty
Briefing 10 of 10 covers Free Trade Agreement Convergence and the Plastic Pollution Treaty