The Southeast Asia and the Pacific Forests Integrated Program will bolster the health and connectivity of primary forests across the region for biodiversity, climate benefits and sustainable ...

The Mesoamerica Critical Forest Biomes Integrated Program, implemented by IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) with funding from the Global Environment Facility (GEF), aims to reverse ...

In her opening remarks at the high-level event Charting Pacific Blue: Accelerating 30x30 through Regional Roadmaps and Inclusive Marine Conservation, IUCN Director General Dr. Grethel Aguilar welcomed ...

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 ...

As the most democratic gathering of the international conservation community, the IUCN World Conservation Congress has been instrumental in setting the global conservation agenda, representing the ...

The Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) Agreement is a significant milestone in global ocean governance. Ensuring the conservation and sustainable use of marine genetic resources (MGR) in ...

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 ...

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 ...

Today legal experts with the International Union for Conservation of Nature argued at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that States have binding legal obligations to protect the climate system.

The IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) Shark Specialist Group (SSG) has published a status report on sharks, rays and chimaeras, nearly 20 years after its first report warned that sharks were ...

The conservation status of 892 warm-water reef-building coral species has now been reassessed for the IUCN Red List, and analysis shows that 44% are threatened. The threats to reef-building corals ...