The Government of Rwanda through the Ministry of Environment, the Rwanda Water Resources Board (RWB) in partnership with 2030 Water Resources Group hosted by the World Bank, launched the Inter-Sectoral Multi-Stakeholder Platform (MSP) for Water Resources Management in Rwanda.
At the 44th meeting of the Standing Committee of the Bern Convention in December in Strasbourg, the contracting parties decided to move the wolf (Canis lupus) from Appendix II (strictly protected) to Appendix III (protected). This decision may potentially have long-term implications on the…
A briefing series by the Forest Peoples Programme that looks at human rights violations linked to conservation and what actions are needed to stop them from happening.
Baku, Azerbaijan, 20 November 2024 (IUCN) – IUCN and partners recently came together in the inaugural Forest Pavilion at the 2024 UN Climate Change…
On November 14, the European Parliament voted for a 12-month delay in the implementation of the European Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). This delay, proposed by the European Commission and previously agreed upon by the European Council, gives large enterprises until December 30…
Rwanda is set to plant more than 65 million seedlings during the 2024-2025 period as part of its ongoing efforts to combat deforestation and promote environmental sustainability. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) will play a central role as a key partner in this ambitious…
The Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination (MoCC&EC), Government of Pakistan, in collaboration with the International Network on Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR) and IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), concluded a two-day national validation workshop at…
Cali, Colombia, 27 October 2024 (IUCN) – Today, at the Convention of Biological Diversity (COP16) in Colombia, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and Canopy hosted an expert panel focused on how the transformation of the…
Cali, Colombia, 28 October 2024 (IUCN) – Thirty-eight per cent of the world’s trees are at risk of extinction according to the first Global Tree Assessment, published in today’s update of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Also in today’s update, the conservation status of the…
Cali, Colombia, 25 October 2024 (IUCN) – Today, at the sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP16), The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and partners convened to formally launch the GEF-funded medium-size…