Story | 31 May, 2024
The new publication of the Red List of Mangrove Ecosystems on May 22, 2024, marks a significant milestone. As the first-ever global assessment of an entire ecosystem functional group, this report employs The Red List of Ecosystems framework to highlight…
Story | 30 May, 2024
Communities Drive the Designation of Pyu Lake as Myanmar’s Newest Ramsar Site
Pyu Lake, located in the heart of Myanmar, has secured two consecutive ‘wins’ for its conservation over the past year. Following the designation of the site as a Flyway Network Site with the East Asian Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) on 16 November 2023, the lake was designated as the…
News | 24 May, 2024
On 22 May 2024, the International Day for Biodiversity, the Permanent Observer of IUCN to the United Nations, Dr Sofie Sandström Jaffe, presented her Letters of Credentials to the UN Secretary General H.E. Antonio Guterres.
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In Antigua and Barbuda, the international community will gather at the Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States to review Small Island Developing States’ (SIDS) sustainable development progress and propose a new decade of partnerships and solutions to supercharge their…
DG Statement | 22 May, 2024
IUCN Director General’s Statement for International Day for Biodiversity 2024
Biodiversity is the tapestry of life on which we all depend. We are capable, through positive action, of halting and reversing biodiversity loss. This International Day for Biodiversity reminds us of the need to protect Planet Earth, and IUCN reaffirms its commitment to Be part of the Plan…
News | 22 May, 2024
IUCN launches GSAP SKILLS - the Global Species Action Plan Online Knowledge Platform
22 May 2024, Nairobi - An important component of the Global Species Action Plan (GSAP), the Species Conservation Knowledge, Information, Learning…
Press release | 21 May, 2024
More than half of all mangrove ecosystems at risk of collapse by 2050, first global assessment finds
Gland, Switzerland, 22 May 2024 (IUCN) – More than half of the world’s mangrove ecosystems are at risk of collapse, according to the first global mangrove assessment for the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Ecosystems.
News | 21 May, 2024
On 21 May 2024, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) published its Advisory Opinion in response to t