Course/training
IUCN introductory course on natural World Heritage
Are you interested in helping conserve the world’s most outstanding natural places? Join the IUCN Academy for a free online course to learn more about natural World Heritage sites and what makes them different from other types of protected areas.
Crossroads blog | 06 Oct, 2022
Local knowledge can turn global goals into nature-positive reality
Kenya’s traditional, Indigenous practices sustainably managed fisheries for generations, but many were abandoned as colonial and commercial pressures came to dominate the legal system. Business, civil society and conservation leaders are gathering at the IUCN Leaders Forum, and the world must…
Page | 06 Oct, 2022
World Heritage Leadership: linking nature and culture to strengthen World Heritage management
The World Heritage Leadership is a capacity-building programme that integrates nature and culture through the promotion of place-based and people-centred approaches to World Heritage management. By taking a nature-culture integrated approach to the protection and management of heritage, the…
Page | 06 Oct, 2022
The terminology provides terms related to conservation, in English, French and Spanish. The purpose of it is to ensure consistency across all IUCN publications and documents. It is regularly updated.
Page | 05 Oct, 2022
Some very special areas are recognised simultaneously under several international designations, all of which have environmental conservation at their heart. These include Ramsar Sites and World Heritage sites, Biosphere Reserves and UNESCO Global Geoparks.
Page | 05 Oct, 2022
Geodiversity, World Heritage and IUCN
Geodiversity refers to the variety of the geological and physical elements of nature, such as minerals, rocks, soils, fossils and landforms, and active geological and geomorphological processes. Together with biodiversity, geodiversity constitutes the natural diversity of planet Earth.
Page | 05 Oct, 2022
Climate change and World Heritage
Climate change is the biggest threat to natural World Heritage sites, but these sites can be part of the solution.
Page | 05 Oct, 2022
Intergovernmental Negotiation Committee on Plastic Pollution
In March 2022, the United Nations Environmental Assembly (UNEA) decided to work towards an international legally binding instrument to end plastic pollution. IUCN will engage in the negotiations providing science-based expertise and evidence to ensure the development of a robust instrument with…
News | 05 Oct, 2022
IUCN and Sails of Change launch Sports for Nature partnership to help sports become nature-positive
London, UK, 5 October 2022 – At the Sport Positive Summit at Wembley Stadium, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and Sails of Change today announced a new partnership to help sports organisations mitigate negative impacts on biodiversity and climate and encourage…