Ahead of International Women’s Day, IUCN reaffirms its unwavering commitment to protecting and advancing the rights of women ...
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IUCN and the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) condemn attack at Upemba National Park
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) condemn, in the strongest terms possible, the armed attack that took place on 3 March ...
On International Women’s Day, three projects working to mitigate gender-based violence in the context of environmental conservation and climate action have been awarded grants from the Resilient, ...
Gland, Switzerland, 23 February 2026 – The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and CGIAR celebrated today the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen cooperation ...
Animals, fungi and plants are essential to a healthy planet, but growing pressures from human activities are increasingly putting them at risk of extinction. Understanding the health of the world’s ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 11 December 2023 (IUCN) – Climate change threatens a growing number of species, from Atlantic salmon to green turtles, today’s update to the IUCN Red List of Threatened ...
Gland, Switzerland, 8 January 2025 (IUCN) – The largest global assessment of freshwater animals on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ to date has revealed that 24% of the world’s freshwater fish ...
Eighty five percent of sturgeon, one of the oldest families of fishes in existence, valued around the world for their precious roe, are at risk of extinction, making them the most threatened group of ...
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