Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 4 December 2024 (IUCN) – A new three-year initiative funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to strengthen the role of civil society organizations (CSOs) in achieving Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) was officially launched during a side…
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.
The long-standing cooperation between IUCN and Tunisia’s government took another step forward on 19 December 2024, as Mr. Habib Abid, Tunisia’s Minister of Environment, met with Maher Mahjoub, the director of the IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation (IUCN MED), to reinforce the partnership…
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…
Busan, South Korea – At a pivotal moment for the fight against plastic pollution, experts from the food and beverage industry have just wrapped up an important End Plastic Pollution International Collaborative (EPPIC) convening. The high-level dialogue, held alongside the fifth session of the…
Cali, Colombia, 28 October 2024 (IUCN) – Thirty-eight per cent of the world’s trees are at risk of extinction according to the first Global Tree Assessment, published in today’s update of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Also in today’s update, the conservation status of the…
In preparation for COP16, the National Council of Protected Areas (CONAP), with facilitation by IUCN, hosted a dialogue for analysis and reflection on governance systems for forests and biodiversity, as part of the commitments stemming from the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework…
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,…
With over 50% of global tourism relying on nature, the sector has the potential to play a crucial role in biodiversity conservation. At the 19th Meeting of the UN Tourism Committee on Tourism and Sustainability, hosted by Costa Rica, the IUCN WCPA Tourism and Protected Areas Specialist Group…