News | 16 Sep, 2022
CEC helps advance nature education work at the UN Summit on Transforming Education
The IUCN Commission on Education and Communication (CEC), through its #NatureForAll and Nature Education for Sustainability Working Groups, is developing a series of events to build networks, expand reach, and share knowledge between members and the wider nature education community. Several…
Blog | 31 Aug, 2022
The UN's 5th session of the Intergovernmental Conference on conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction (also known as the High Seas Treaty) concluded in New York last week. While it did not result in the adoption of a treaty, the…
News | 12 Aug, 2022
A journey with youth to strengthen action on water and climate
IUCN, in partnership with the Valuing Water Initiative, AquaFed, KWR Water Research Institute and the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre announce the launch of the Valuing Water Youth Journey - a Dutch-funded collaboration to catalyse meaningful youth engagement and action on water and…
Story | 02 Aug, 2022
Call to host the 6th International Marine Protected Area Congress (IMPAC6) in 2026
We are delighted to open a call for proposals to host the 6th International Marine Protected Area Congress (IMPAC 6) in 2026. Since 2005 a global community of marine protected area managers and practitioners have come together once every four years at IMPAC, co-chaired by IUCN and the…
News | 29 Jul, 2022
New guidance set to help reduce impacts from development on World Heritage sites
UNESCO and the Advisory Bodies to the World Heritage Committee have issued new guidance for assessing impacts from projects that could potentially affect the planet’s most precious heritage places. Designed specifically for heritage management institutions, governments and project developers, it…
Story | 19 Jul, 2022
Mainstreaming biodiversity and learning on the road to CBD COP15
The IUCN Africa Protected Areas Congress (APAC) taking place in Kigali this week offers an opportunity for BIODEV2030 stakeholders from six African countries - Benin, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, Madagascar, Uganda – to demonstrate their progress in mainstreaming biodiversity in priority business…
Story | 13 Jul, 2022
Climate change is here. For people and society, adaptation to climate change means not only adapting infrastructure, but adjusting behaviour, such as how we choose to live, how we manage our food and health systems, the way we plan our cities, and how we protect, conserve and utilize our natural…
Story | 27 Jun, 2022
For national governments to better understand plastic waste and leakage, as well as solutions to these problems, this new IUCN publication has packaged the lessons learned and data presented from its plastic pollution hotspotting projects in three multi-nation regions of the world.
Story | 21 Jun, 2022
American Humane, the US' first national humane organization and the world’s largest certifier of animal welfare practices, today announced that Dr. Jon Paul Rodríguez, Chair of the IUCN Species Survival Commission, is the recipient of the inaugural Wolfgang Kiessling International Prize for…
Story | 21 Jun, 2022
The BIODEV2030 project, launched in early 2020 supports the country's development ambition, while promoting the adoption of voluntary sectoral commitments that incorporate ambitious biodiversity conservation and restoration measures.