Grey literature | 2023
This guide is about how to plan and implement the new global target for effectively and equitably conserving at least 30% of the Earth by 2030. The Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), adopted by Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in December 2022, includes Target 3, the “30x30”…
News | 04 Sep, 2023
In Memoriam: Jim Thorsell (1940-2023)
With great sadness IUCN mourns the loss of Dr James “Jim” Thorsell, who has passed away in his native Canada.
Story | 04 Sep, 2023
Forest Landscape Restoration experience of HSBC volunteers in Sri Lanka
The Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC), a global bank, has worked with IUCN since 2010 on different initiatives. The latest is the ‘Climate-Smart Opportunities through Restoration and Education (CORE)’ project in Sri Lanka commenced in 2021 to address both climate change and…
Press release | 04 Sep, 2023
Gland, Switzerland, 4 September 2023 (IUCN) – IUCN, the International Union for Conservation Nature, welcomes the Assessment Report on Invasive Alien Species and their Control, today launched at the tenth plenary of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (…
News | 03 Sep, 2023
Pakistan’s Coastal National Coordinating Body Urges Attention to Depleting Coastal Resources
Experts Underscore Need for more Marine Protected Areas in Pakistan The 22nd meeting of the National Coordinating Body (NCB) of the coast was organized by IUCN Pakistan to discuss issues and depleting coastal resources, especially in the wake of climatic impacts, calling for the need to create…
Brochure
Conserving Natural Capital and Enhancing Collaborative Management of Transboundary Resources in East Africa (CONNECT) is a project, funded by USAID, which aims to strengthen the conservation and management of natural resources shared by East African countries including wildlife and landscapes…
Jointly published | 2023
IUCN Africa Protected Areas Congress Report
The agenda-setting IUCN Congress on ‘Africa Protected and Conserved Areas’ (APAC) that took place in Kigali in July 2022 was historic in nature, being the first such international congress held on the African continent.
Brochure | 2023
IUCN Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office
IUCN is the world’s oldest and largest global environment organisation that has been finding pragmatic solutions to the most pressing environment and development challenges in Eastern and Southern Africa.
Working through over 100 members in the region (and more than 1,400 members…
Brochure | 2021
The Great Blue Wall Initiative
The “Great Blue Wall” (GBW) initiative, endorsed by the World Conservation Congress in 2021, and then subsequently launched at UNFCCC COP26 in Glasgow, is a major Africa-led effort toward a nature-positive world. Under the Great Blue Wall, proponents aim to create interconnected protected and…
Brochure | 2023
IUCN Rwanda Country Office Brochure
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) opened an office in Rwanda in 2016 to support the Government of Rwanda in achieving its overall conservation and development objectives. Since then, it has implemented projects that have contributed to Rwanda’s national policies and…