The new report proposes a technical framework and recommendations for cities to integrate nature into their building ...

After a 2024 that saw nearly 20 sites attain the coveted Green List Standard, the first global standard for effective and ...

A new report from the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s World Commission on Protected Areas and World Wildlife ...

The International Union for Conservation of Nature, Regional Office for West Asia, is pleased to announce the addition of six ...

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 ...

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 ...

IUCN's mission is to influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ...

Hosted by IUCN and the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas, in collaboration with the International Ranger Federation, Conservation Allies, Universal Ranger Support Alliance, and IUCN-US, the ...

Wildlife can threaten people’s safety and livelihoods, which can lead to conflicts between groups of people over how to resolve the situation; experts call this ‘human-wildlife conflict’.

The Secretariat includes five Centres, one reports to the Director General and four led by our Deputy Director General – Programme. Three Centres reflect the pillars of sustainable development: ...

Mountain areas cover 24% of the Earth's land and 26% of the global population lives in or around these areas. At the global scale, perhaps their greatest value is as 'water towers', providing water ...

The Impact Mitigation and Ecological Compansation Thematic Group aims to develop guidance around implementation of the mitigation hierarchy and ecological compensation. It will do this based on ...