Blog | 24 Jan, 2023
IUCN event
This side event highlighted the various land management practices in mountain regions that can build adaptive capacities, reducing the risks posed by climate change on communities. UNESCO and IUCN presented experiences from conservation and restoration projects to demonstrate the socio-economic…
Blog | 16 Jan, 2023
IUCN Rwanda hosted the 15th National Forest Landscape Restoration Cross-Sectoral Task Force Meeting
The Government of Rwanda continues its efforts to protect forests, enhance biodiversity, and transform the livelihoods of Rwandans.
Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) is a process for designing and implementing landscape-level interventions to restore ecological functionality…
Story | 17 Jan, 2023
At the United Nations Biodiversity Conference, Egypt, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, the Republic of Korea, the European Commission and the United States came together to speak on strengthening linkages and collaboration between climate and biodiversity action through Nature-based Solutions. …
Position paper | 2022
IUCN Position Paper for UN Ocean Conference 2022
IUCN welcomes the increasing recognition and importance given to the ocean since the first UN Ocean Conference in 2017 and also welcomes the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development 2021–2030 to strengthen scientific understanding of the ocean.
Information brief | 2023
IUCN WCEL Briefing 6 of 6 for Plastics Treaty INC-2 Circular Economy and Plastic Life-Cycle Issues
The Plastic Pollution Treaty’s scope, as articulated by United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) resolution 5/14, includes the circular economy and elements of the plastic life-cycle as vital elements for addressing plastic pollution and production.