Factsheet | 2023
Economic Impact of Plastic Pollution in Saint Lucia, Caribbean
In 2019 with Norad support, IUCN launched the Plastic Waste Free Islands (PWFI) project, aiming to reduce plastic waste generation and leakage into the ocean in island nations in the Pacific and Caribbean regions.
Information brief | 2023
Developed by the International Policy Centre, this brief maps and links Nature 2030’s ambitions, impact targets and associated actions to the GBF’s 2030 global targets and looks at the 2020 IUCN Resolutions that support the implementation of the 2030 global targets.
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…Annual reports | 2023
IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Asia is proud to present its Asia Highlights 2022, a comprehensive overview of its endeavours in the preceding year towards a just world that values and conserves nature. Through our portfolio of 130+ projects and activities we influenced…
Commission statement | 2023
IUCN Commission Statement on shark control programs and shark culls
The IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) is aware that lethal approaches to reducing the risk of human-shark interactions are increasingly being adopted around the world. Several governments either have active shark control programs (i.e., bather protection programs) or frequently implement…
Position paper | 2023
IUCN Position Paper for CBD SBSTTA25
IUCN presents views and recommendations for different SBSTTA25 agenda items. Overall, it is imperative to finalize the outstanding items from COP15 to support Parties and relevant stakeholders in the immediate implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF).
Grey literature | 2023
The Global Species Action Plan (GSAP) is a critical initiative developed to support the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), to address the increasing biodiversity loss worldwide. The GSAP outlines strategic interventions and actions to conserve and…
File | 2022
Developed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), International Olympic Committee (IOC), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), and supported by Sails of Change, the Sports for Nature Framework, is…
Grey literature | 2023
Seven years to save nature and people: a proposed set of policies and actions for the SDG Summit
We have reached the midpoint of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and, taking stock of the progress achieved so far, it is sobering to realise that we are deeply off-track to reach the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Despite gains across many of the…