Over sixty countries have ratified the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement ahead of the 80th Session of the ...

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With one of the most important conservation meetings on the planet fast approaching, TRAFFIC and IUCN release research to ...

This guide is about how to plan and implement the new global target for effectively and equitably conserving at least 30% of the Earth by 2030. The Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), adopted by ...

Drylands are ecosystems, such as rangelands, grasslands and woodlands, which occupy over 40% of the terrestrial surface, and are characterised by high temporal and spatial rainfall variability.

IUCN Issues Briefs provide key information on selected issues central to IUCN’s work. They are aimed at policy-makers, journalists or anyone looking for an accessible overview of the often complex ...

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is pleased to announce BBC Media Action as an official media partner for the upcoming IUCN World Conservation Congress, taking place in Abu ...

With 21 riparian countries, the Mediterranean Sea covers about 2.5 million km2, of which about 25% are under the full jurisdiction of the countries, the remaining part being potentially their ...

IUCN WCPA Marine Theme - the world’s premier network of Marine Protected Area (MPA) expertise. Fabrice Stephenson is a marine ecologist at Newcastle University and a thematic Vice Chair for the WCPA ...

The first study of its kind, led by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), gathered data from 1,733 municipalities representing more than 74% of the Amazon to find that forests on ...