Publication | 2021
The decline of many species towards extinction has largely focused conservation efforts on ensuring that species remain extant. However, conservationists have long recognised the need to complement this by aiming to recover depleted populations throughout a species’ range and to restore species…
Story | 23 Jun, 2021
Investment from a new "blended" finance facility will allow Turneffe Atoll Sustainability Association (TASA), to use the incoming funds to implement a number of sustainable, revenue-generating initiatives while enhancing the protection of 132,000 hectares of spectacular coral reef ecosystems.…
Story | 22 Jun, 2021
IUCN, the official advisor on nature to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, recommends adding four natural sites to the List of World Heritage in Danger: the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, the W-Arly-Pendjari Complex in Benin, Burkina Faso and Niger, the Natural and Cultural Heritage of the…
Story | 22 Jun, 2021
Strengthening our place in the restoration movement
Environmental leaders from Ethiopia, Madagascar and Togo strengthen both their resolve and their technical skills on the path to becoming better restoration leaders.
Story | 22 Jun, 2021
Addressing the climate crisis in the Pacific through the Kiwa Initiative
The Kiwa Initiative local projects component, which is aimed at boosting climate resilience in the Pacific, was launched in Suva, Fiji earlier today.
Hosted by IUCN Oceania, the launch was attended by various partners from across the region including local and regional NGOs, civil…
Story | 21 Jun, 2021
In the lead-up to the official launch of the Kiwa Initiative local projects component, IUCN is hosting a three-day awareness workshop for Pacific Island Countries and Territories including the French Overseas Territories on 15, 16 and 17 June…
Story | 19 Jun, 2021
Environmental Liability and Biodiversity Webinar
Friday 25 June, 2021 16:00-18:00 CEST
Story | 18 Jun, 2021
La UICN junto con la Universidad de Cádiz presentan un proyecto inédito que apuesta por las salinas artesanales en una jornada técnica celebrada hoy en Cádiz con motivo del Día Internacional de la Gastronomía y donde se han dado…
Story | 18 Jun, 2021
WCEL Reschedules 2nd World Environmental Law Congress as Series of Regional Events
The IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL) has decided to split the 2nd World Environmental Law Congress (originally planned for Rio de Janeiro in March 2020) into a series of converging regional hybrid events that will take place between July and December 2021.