Page | 26 Jun, 2022
Covering 513,000 km2, Thailand is home to a wide range of flora and fauna. The country has a very diverse geography: high mountains, a central plain, and an upland plateau. Northern Thailand is predominantly mountainous. Central Thailand is densely populated and dominated by paddy fields.…
Page | 16 Jun, 2022
Sri Lanka is a tropical island in the Indian Ocean comprised of 48 distinct agro-ecological regions which support rich biodiversity.
Conservation Tool | 2022
Conservation Planning Project Inventory
The Species Conservation Planning Project Inventory (SCPP) is a compilation of planning projects conducted or enabled by SSC Specialist Groups between 2012-present. Specialist Groups and conservation organisations outside of IUCN are encouraged to use the SCPP Inventory for reference and…
Page | 16 Jun, 2022
Benefits of natural World Heritage
This project has been instrumental in increasing awareness and understanding of the full range of direct and indirect benefits that local, national and global communities can receive from natural World Heritage sites.
Page | 23 Jun, 2022
This page contains reports on activities prepared by IUCN Council-recognised Committees, as required by Regulation 66 (d) of the IUCN Statutes and Regulations, as well as other documents supporting IUCN regional and national committees.
Factsheet | 2022
FLRchain: Maximizing every dollar invested into forest landscape restoration
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and Gaiachain Lab are collaborating to develop the Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) chain.
Page | 16 Jun, 2022
IUCN's initiatives on World Heritage
IUCN leads on a series of initiatives and activities to enhance the role of the World Heritage Convention, and make it more effective and relevant to global conservation. These initiatives focus on guiding practice, improving management and capacity, reinforcing policy, and recognising success…
Page | 29 Jun, 2022
Ocean deoxygenation is one of the most pernicious, yet under-reported side-effects of human-induced climate change. The primary causes of deoxygenation are eutrophication (increased nutrient run-off from land and sewage pollution) and nitrogen deposition from the burning of fossil fuels, coupled…
Page | 29 Jun, 2022
The oceans have absorbed between 24% and 33% of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions during the past five decades. While this uptake provides a valuable service to human societies by moderating the rate and severity of climate change, it comes at a cost for the oceans. The massive input…