IUCN is participating in the sixty second session of the Subsidiary Bodies to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC SB62).

The Third UN Oceans Conference (UNOC3), together with the preceding special events: the One Ocean Science Congress, the ...

Experts from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) have analysed how targeted management of invasive ...

The strength of IUCN comes from its Members. We are only strong because of you.”— Dr. Grethel Aguilar, IUCN Director General ...

Invasive alien species (IAS) are plants, animals, fungi, or pathogens, that are introduced through human activities to areas outside their natural range; and subsequently spread and threaten native ...

The new study, conducted by the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) Marine Turtle Specialist Group (MTSG), reveals that decades of ongoing conservation efforts have improved the status of the ...

Every year on International Bat Appreciation Day (April 17), we get a chance to celebrate all that bats do for the world and its ecosystems. A California leaf-nosed bat flies. From snapping up bugs in ...

Fungi species in global decline . Globally, the newest additions have found the number of fungi species on the IUCN Red List to surpass 1,000.The updates to the IUCN Red List have placed 482 ...

Critical issues for debate and voting in the lead-up to and during the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress 2025 have been published, set to define the ...

A new report from the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s World Commission on Protected Areas and World Wildlife Fund offers guidance and case studies on implementing and managing efforts ...

What are these proceedings about? In short, they are about the legal obligations countries have to protect the climate, and, should they fail to comply with them, whether they could face any legal ...

At the International Court of Justice in The Hague, IUCN was represented by (from left) Prof Francesco Sindico, Co-chair of the IUCN World Commission on Environment Law's Climate Change Law Specialist ...