Press release | 08 Apr, 2021
Transforming crop and timber production could reduce species extinction risk by 40%
Gland, Switzerland, 8 April 2021 (IUCN) – Ensuring sustainability of crop and timber production would mitigate the greatest drivers of terrestrial wildlife decline, responsible for 40% of the overall extinction risk of amphibians, birds and mammals, according to…
Story | 07 Apr, 2021
IUCN Regional Office for Eastern Europe and Centrals Asia (ECARO) seeks five (5) applications from qualified individuals based in Serbia to serve as independent experts within the ADAPT project: Nature-based Solutions for resilient societies in…
Story | 07 Apr, 2021
How can the EU ensure its Green Deal is a Real Deal for Nature and People?
As the EU looks forward to the recovery from Covid 19, so too must it look to ensuring full alignment of all policies with the European Green Deal. But it is not all down to the EU Commission, the Member States must rise to the challenge to achieve a truly green recovery.
Story | 06 Apr, 2021
First Training for IUCN Green List Mentors in Malaysia
The first IUCN Green List mentor training programme in Malaysia was organised by WWF-Malaysia for 22 volunteers from governmental and non-governmental organisations, in collaboration with the national Expert Assessment group for the Green List (EAGL) and the IUCN Green List global team.
Story | 06 Apr, 2021
IUCN Global Youth Summit on nature to be held online from 6 to 16 April
Gland, Switzerland, 06 April 2021 – More than 10,000 young people will connect and exchange ideas online at the first-ever International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Global Youth Summit, from 6 to 16 April. The outcomes of the Summit will be presented to the IUCN…
Story | 05 Apr, 2021
New book: "Advanced Introduction to Community-based Conservation"
CEESP News: by Fikret Berkes, University of Manitoba's Natural Resources Institute
The book is a synthesis of community-based conservation theory and practice, written as a textbook for university students and for international conservation practitioners. Berkes argues that biodiversity…
Story | 05 Apr, 2021
IUCN welcomes three new Mediterranean members
Fundación Global Nature, Panthera France and MIRACETI have just become members of the world’s largest global environmental network. The International Union for Conservation of Nature counts over 1400 Members in more than 170 countries, including States and government agencies, NGOs large and…
Issues brief
Measuring contributions towards terrestrial and marine biodiversity targets
Story | 02 Apr, 2021
A Martian at the United Nations or Naive Thoughts on Global Environmental Governance
WCEL Member Yann Aguila and Professor Marie-Cécile de Bellis recently co-wrote the article "A Martian at the United Nations or Naive Thoughts on Global Environmental Governance" published in the Revue de Droit européen. The following synopsis was prepared by Yann Aguila.
Story | 31 Mar, 2021
New WHO-IUCN Expert Working Group on Biodiversity, Climate, One Health and Nature-based Solutions
Under the umbrella of the Friends of EbA (FEBA) network, leading experts engaged in the science-policy interface of public health, biodiversity, and climate change will collaborate in an innovative initiative led by the WHO and IUCN to help guide…