News | 20 Oct, 2022
Plastic waste and pollution affect every part of the globe and every ecosystem. Innovative solutions that use recycled plastic material for reusable food containers, construction materials, furniture, and partnerships for bottle-to-bottle recycling are highlighted in the eight business plans and…
News | 19 Oct, 2022
Nairobi, Kenya, 19 October 2022 - Sustainable Inclusive Business Kenya (SIB-K), a knowledge centre under the Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA), will partner with TheRockGroup (TRG), the European Union, and IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), to co-host the…
News | 15 Oct, 2022
IUCN Leaders Forum closes with call to measure progress towards nature-positive future
Jeju, Republic of Korea, 15 October 2022 (IUCN) – The IUCN Leaders Forum Jeju 2022 closed today with the resounding conclusion that the world must measure progress towards a nature-positive future. Today’s Closing Ceremony ended three days of high-level debate, and presented key outcomes…
Press release | 12 Oct, 2022
IUCN Leaders Forum to define the path to a nature-positive future
Jeju, Korea, 12 October 2022 (IUCN) – The IUCN Leaders Forum, taking place 13-15 October 2022, will tackle the challenge of measuring progress towards global biodiversity goals. A key working paper due to be debated at the Forum sets out a quantitative methodology IUCN is…
Story | 11 Oct, 2022
Since 2020, the BIODEV2030 project has been supporting a science-informed, multi-stakeholder dialogue in 16 pilot countries, with economic sectors identified as key to their biodiversity and development. These dialogues are providing an opportunity to…
Page | 11 Oct, 2022
World Heritage sites have been facing increasing pressure from various forms of development in recent years, which can lead to severe damage to their unique values – sometimes irreversibly. UNESCO and the Advisory Bodies to the World Heritage Committee, including IUCN, have issued guidance to…
News | 04 Oct, 2022
Gland, Switzerland, 4 October 2022 – A new IUCN-led project is examining how the rapid acceleration of wind and solar development can avoid unintended impacts on nature and people.
Story | 27 Sep, 2022
Kenya advances cross-sectoral collaboration and action for biodiversity and agroecology
Kenya is gearing up to reap the benefits of cross-sector collaboration, following years of government agencies and business working in silos. One critical issue driving this effort is the need to address the country’s biodiversity crisis.
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IUCN Webinar Series: The last sprint to CBD COP15
In an effort to help solve some of the contentious issues of the negotiations and to clarify the technical aspects around the questions at hand, IUCN’s International Policy Centre planned a series of webinars around the CBD post-2020 global biodiversity framework in the lead-up to and following…