IUCN Director General Dr Grethel Aguilar delivered IUCN’s statement to the seventh session of the United Nations Environment ...
As part of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence (GBV) campaign, a webinar, convened by IUCN’s NAbSA Initiative and RISE grants challenge, with the support of Global Affairs Canada and ...
Doha, Qatar, 14 December 2025 – The IUCN Regional Office for West Asia (IUCN ROWA) and Qatar’s Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MECC) signed a two-year collaboration agreement aimed at ...
*2025-12-02: TERMINOS DE REFERENCIA - Apoyo Técnico para la Identificación y Delimitación de Áreas Clave para la Biodiversidad (KBA) en España. Fecha y hora de cierre: 28 diciembre de 2025, 12:00 (CET ...
Plastics only began to be produced in large quantities following the second world war – but plastic pollution has since become one of the most serious threats humanity faces. By 2015, 60% of all ...
The IUCN Red List now includes 147,517 species, of which 41,459 are threatened with extinction. “Today’s Red List update highlights the fragility of nature’s wonders, such as the unique spectacle of ...
Barcelona, Spain, 6 October, 2008 (IUCN) – The most comprehensive assessment of the world’s mammals has confirmed an extinction crisis, with almost one in four at risk of disappearing forever, ...
Gender equality and women’s empowerment are matters of fundamental human rights and prerequisites to meeting sustainable development goals around the world. This 4-part blog series sets out the ...
Conservation efforts have led to overall increases in the number of rhinos in Africa in recent years, but the continent’s rapidly growing human population – and the consequent loss of ecosystems – ...
Gland, Switzerland, 22 May 2024 (IUCN) – More than half of the world’s mangrove ecosystems are at risk of collapse, according to the first global mangrove assessment for the International Union for ...
The African forest elephant (loxodonta cyclotis) is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. The species occurs in the tropical forests of Central Africa, and a range of habitats in West ...
Designed as a global primer, this new IUCN report proposes a clear definition and founding principles for a “Regenerative” Blue Economy. It defines different sustainability levels within the overall ...