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…
Story | 29 Sep, 2022
Partners in blue carbon conservation team up for the Blue Carbon Conference 2022 in Thailand
IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Dow Thailand Group, together with the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR), Thailand opened a forum with their network partners under the project of Dow & Thailand Mangrove Alliance at Blue Carbon Conference 2022 - "Blue…
Story | 21 Sep, 2022
A new report by the Global Mangrove Alliance, with the help of over 100 mangrove science, finance, and policy experts from around the world, highlights benefits, stories, and global trends – while new announcements with the UN High Level Climate Champions at New York Climate Week set out a…
Story | 22 Sep, 2022
New hope for the conservation of sharks, rays and chimaeras: Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRAs)
A newly released peer-reviewed paper in Frontiers in Marine Science emphasises that establishing measures to address the global decline in Chondrichthyes (sharks, rays, and chimaeras [ghost sharks], hereafter ‘sharks’) is more urgent than ever.
IUCN event
Scaling Finance for Nature: Forging Philanthropy-Finance-Government Partnerships
Given the presence in New York of multiple world leaders for the UN General Assembly, and considering the role of New York as a leading international financial centre, there is an excellent opportunity to advance the dialogue on a robust global biodiversity resource mobilization framework, and…
Grey literature
This document, "Policy analysis and development of policy recommendations to reduce plastic waste in Grenada - Final report" is part of the Norad-funded Plastic Waste Free Islands (PWFI) project within the Caribbean region. It assesses the status of plastic waste management in Grenada, including…
Grey literature | 2020
Plastic Pollution Regional Report from Eastern and Southern Africa Mediterranean and Southeast Asia
Plastic Pollution Hotspotting and Shaping Action Regional Report Eastern and Southern Africa Mediterranean and Southeast Asia - a comprehensive view
Dataset | 2020
MARPLASTICCs South Africa National Plastic Pollution Hotspotting Report and data
MARPLASTICCs South Africa National Plastic Pollution Hotspotting Report and data
Grey literature | 2021
MARPLASTICCs Outcomes Report 2021
A summary of the Marine Plastics and Coastal Communities project outcomes 2017-2021.