From the home of the world’s largest spider, to hotspots for globally threatened sea turtles, the International Union for ...

IMPORTANT: The following Declaration must be completed and signed by all bidders and must be submitted as part of the Proposal: ...

Today, on International Day for Biological Diversity, we celebrate the extraordinary power of nature to sustain life, drive ...

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There is a growing recognition among governments and the private sector that conservation and development need to go hand in hand. IUCN is promoting a biodiversity net gain approach, based on the ...

Between 1992 and 2020 the number of tourists visiting Antarctica increased ten-fold and continues to grow, meaning the negative environmental impacts of tourism are likely to increase. Existing ...

The IUCN Environmental and Social Management System (ESMS) provides a systematic procedure to check IUCN projects for potential adverse environmental and social impacts. Its purpose is to ensure that ...

Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) – areas of the ocean set aside for long-term conservation aims – are the only mainstream conservation-focussed, area-based measure to increase the quality and extent of ...

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 ...

In December 2022, Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity will meet to determine the post-2020 global biodiversity framework. Despite commitments made in 2010, biodiversity has further ...

The Restoration Barometer (launched in 2016 as the Bonn Challenge Barometer) is the only tool already used by governments to track the progress of restoration targets across all terrestrial ecosystems ...

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 ...