DG Statement | 07 Jun, 2024
IUCN Director General's Statement for World Ocean Day
The ocean is a world with three dimensions. The first is depth, from the tides lapping at our feet on a beach to the marine trenches that plunge far into a realm untouched by sunlight. The second is length, with waves that travel thousands of miles between North Pole and South. The third is…
Story | 07 Jun, 2024
Water resource management and mangrove conservation are two potential areas of collaboration identified during the visit of a delegation from the UAE Ministry of Climate Change and Environment to the IUCN Regional Office for Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean.
Story | 19 Jun, 2024
Endashaw Mogessie, director of the Population, Health and Environment Ethiopia Consortium, explains how traditional indigenous governance has helped a once-unwanted protected area thrive.
Story | 19 Jun, 2024
Under the Pole explains its work to explore and protect the uncharted parts of our oceans.
Story | 19 Jun, 2024
Marine protector and IUCN Patron of Nature Dr Sylvia Earle on how she still spends every waking hour trying to make a difference.
Story | 06 Jun, 2024
BIOPAMA-established and supported Regional Observatories’ role in the GBF implementation recognised
The Convention on Biological Diversity's (CBD) regional and/or subregional centres of the technical and scientific cooperation centres were established at the 15th CBD COP as mechanism to assist in the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and the work of the…
Page | 11 Jun, 2024
Advising States Parties (Nominations)
IUCN directly supports and advises States Parties in the early stages of World Heritage engagement through the Upstream Process. The Upstream Process serves as tool in facilitating access to the World Heritage Convention processes and reducing challenges encountered during the evaluations of…
Page | 11 Jun, 2024
IUCN has developed a variety of resources including positions and advice notes on issues related to natural World Heritage sites, Gap studies, and Guidance on impact assessments.