News | 07 Oct, 2022
Dans le cadre de la stratégie mubadarat d’appui à la société civile du Centre de Coopération pour la Méditerranée de l’UICN (UICN-Med), 11 associations historiques ont été sélectionnées bénéficiaires du programme PPI OSCAN et 6 autres associations du programme TransCap.
Story | 07 Oct, 2022
World Rivers Day 2022: Protecting the free-flowing Aoos-Vjosa River in Greece and Albania
Around this year’s World Rivers Day on 25 September, a number of events and activities were held along the Aoos-Vjosa River in Greece and Albania to promote transboundary collaboration and protection of this unique river system, from its source to the sea.
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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.