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IUCN Green List at COP16: Elevating Conservation Standards to Meet Global Biodiversity Goals
The 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), held in Cali, ...
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More than one in three tree species worldwide faces extinction - IUCN Red List
Thirty-eight per cent of the world’s trees are at risk of extinction according to the first Global Tree Assessment, published ...
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New COLOURS programme launched to strengthen the rights of Indigenous peoples…
A wide-reaching new partnership between the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the European Union (EU) ...
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IUCN Director General's high level statement at CBD COP16
IUCN Director General Dr Grethel Aguilar delivered IUCN's statement at a high level session of the UN Biodiversity Conference ...
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IUCN celebrates 10 impactful years of tiger conservation with new report
A new report from IUCN’s Integrated Tiger Habitat Conservation Programme (ITHCP) highlights a decade of transformative ...
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C3 Fiji Kiwa Initiative Project empowers women in mangrove forests for better livelihoods
Mangrove forests are vital ecosystems that provide a wide range of benefits, from protecting coastlines against erosion and storm surges to serving as nurseries for marine life. They are also ...
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IUCN Director General's statement on COP16 of the Convention on Biological Diversity
COP16 has made its mark. Hailed as the biggest biodiversity COP ever, with a record number of delegates (around 23,000), a High-level Segment attended by six Heads of State, more than 130 Ministers ...
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IUCN SSC Colombia Fungal Specialist Group
More than 7,000 species of fungi have been reported from Colombia. However, that represent less than 3% of the expected fungal diversity in the country. There is urgency to document the country’s ...
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2024 World Heritage update for USA and Canada
Following IUCN recommendations, the World Heritage Committee decided to retain Everglades National Park on the List of World Heritage in Danger, reiterated concern about the impact of a border wall on ...
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The plastic pollution crisis
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 ...
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World must act faster to protect 30% of the planet: protected and conserved areas need to double on land and triple at sea by 2030
Cali, 28 October 2024 – The international community has made some headway on pledges to protect 30% of the Earth by 2030 but progress must accelerate, the official progress report from the UN ...
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IUCN marks 60th anniversary of Red List with year-long campaign to accelerate species assessments
Hundreds of leaders, experts, partners, and supporters of the International Union for Conservation of Nature gathered on the sidelines of the Sixteenth Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention ...