News | 24 Jul, 2024
IUCN and FAO sign joint agreement to facilitate data sharing to reach GBF Target 2
Rome, Italy, 24 July 2024 – The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today signed a new partnership agreement aimed at streamlining ecosystem restoration reporting as part of Target 2 of the Kunming-…
News | 24 Jul, 2024
With support from the United States Department of State, the EPPIC international collaboration will be implemented in Costa Rica, Honduras, and Guatemala, to enable the transition to circular plastic economies.
Story | 23 Jul, 2024
Building Global Collaboration for Park Conservation
Inspired by the surroundings of the Acadia National Park, an international workshop supported by IUCN identifies climate change capacity building and working with indigenous communities as priorities for a new capacity building program.
DG Statement | 23 Jul, 2024
IUCN Statement to the 2024 UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development
IUCN Director General Dr Grethel Aguilar delivered IUCN’s statement on 17 July 2024 to the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development in New York City, USA, during the general debate segment. Read the full statement below.
News | 23 Jul, 2024
The updated Amphibian Conservation Action Plan, a collaborative document authored by more than 100 global experts, is published, collating the most up-to-date evidence base to inform amphibian conservation action.
Story | 22 Jul, 2024
Lotus fiber: a new women-led flood friendly value chain in the Mekong Delta
In February-March 2024, IUCN organised a training program for 60 women in three upper Mekong Delta provinces of An Giang, Dong Thap, and Long An to produce high value silk yarn from lotus stems. This is part of a 3-year project to develop sustainable value chains for lotus silk products to…
News | 22 Jul, 2024
Kick-off meeting on mangrove restoration and hybrid NbS in the Mekong Delta
On 5 July 2024, IUCN organised a meeting in Bac Lieu Province to launch the project "Increasing coastal resilience in the Mekong Delta through mangrove restoration and hybrid NbS" with funding from The Coca-Cola Foundation (TCCF). The project will apply a hybrid NbS that reconciles coastal…
Story | 22 Jul, 2024
Closing the Caribbean Plastic Tap: propelling Caribbean SIDS towards a plastic-free future
Initiative funded by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation and aimed at addressing recyclable and nonrecyclable plastic waste and plastic leakage in five Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS), kicks off with national inception workshops in Saint Lucia and Saint Kitts and Nevis…
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46th session of the World Heritage Committee
The 46th session of the World Heritage Committee meeting opens today in New Delhi, India, where over the next 10 days, the Committee will decide which potential sites will be added onto the prestigious World Heritage List and take decisions on the conservation and management actions needed to…