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IUCN welcomes UN General Assembly affirmation of States’ obligations to protect the climate system

On Wednesday 20 May the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a landmark resolution backing the findings of the ...
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IUCN SSC Otter Specialist Group

Caroline is a biologist, working with ecology and conservation. She got her Ph.D. at the Ecology program of the Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA), in Manaus, Amazon state, and her Master’s in ...
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*2026-03-19: REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS - Technical Support to IUCN Med on Area-Based Conservation and CSO Conservation Action Prioritization. Closing date and time: 05 April 2026, 23:59 (CET) ...
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IUCN Programme 2026-2029

The IUCN Programme 2026-2029 lays out specific goals and targets with the aim to achieve three impacts: Biodiversity (ecosystems, species and genetic diversity) has been effectively conserved, ...
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IUCN SSC Canid Specialist Group

Geraldine Werhahn (Ph.D.) is a wildlife biologist and conservationist dedicated to every element of the natural world. Her special interest are carnivores and their function in maintaining healthy ...
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Nature-based solutions to disasters

According to the Emergency Events Database, in the last ten years, over 730,000 people have lost their lives, over 1.9 million have been injured, and around 15 million have been made homeless as a ...
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Gender and climate change

Across societies the impacts of climate change affect women and men differently. Women are often responsible for gathering and producing food, collecting water and sourcing fuel for heating and ...
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Plastic and other pollution

Every year, millions of tons of plastic end up in our ocean and rivers. However, plastics are only one type of pollution driving the decline in the health of our global ocean.
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Red List of Ecosystems Inventory

What is the Red List of Ecosystems Inventory? The IUCN Red List of Ecosystems (RLE) Inventory provides a comprehensive, and publicly available service, cataloguing ecosystem assessments from around ...
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In the spirit of nature, everything is connected

Earth’s ecosystems have evolved for millions of years, resulting in diverse and complex biological communities living in balance with their environment. Since the 16th century, human activity has ...
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Comprehensive update to the world’s biodiversity hotspots project begins

An international consortium today announced a major update to the world's biodiversity hotspots, funded by the Hempel Foundation. The two-year initiative aims to generate detailed scientific data to ...
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IUCN Director General’s open letter to ISA Members on deep-sea mining

Dear Members of the International Seabed Authority, In September 2021 at the IUCN World Conservation Congress, IUCN Member States, civil society and Indigenous organisations overwhelmingly voted in ...