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Expert panel statement by IUCN Director General Dr Grethel Aguilar
IUCN Director General Dr Grethel Aguilar delivered IUCN’s statement on 25 September 2024 at the UN High Level Meeting on ...
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Achieving 30x30: The Role of Nature Positive Tourism in Meeting Global Biodiversity Targets
With over 50% of global tourism relying on nature, the sector has the potential to play a crucial role in biodiversity ...
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Wildlife in a changing climate
Over 6,000 animals, fungi and plants at risk of extinction are threatened by climate change and severe weather on The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™, across every region of the world. The Red ...
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Indigenous Women’s Insights – Stewarding the Earth
In November, all along the busy maze of pavilion buildings in Sharm el Sheik, an estimated 45,000 people snaked along corridors hoping to inform crucial discussions surrounding climate policy at the ...
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Responsive governance
In March 2016, the failure of the Fundão Dam killed 19 people, destroyed villages, and spread mud along 670 km of the Rio Doce basin in the Brazilian states of Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo. A ...
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IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology closes major gap in our ability to measure the state of nature
As the world is set to adopt a landmark treaty to halt the loss of biodiversity later this year, implementing and measuring progress against specific goals of this agreement will soon become a focus.
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Lake Toba and the Batak legacy: harmonising indigenous wisdom with conservation
A Batak indigenous woman is planting crops in her field near my father’s village. We chat. The lady, who happens to be a distant aunt, has lived in the Tapanuli region with her extended family near ...
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Conservation Strategy and Action Plan for the Talaud Bear Cuscus
The Talaud Bear Cuscus (Ailurops melanotis) is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species and protected under Indonesian law. The species’ geographic distribution is ...
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Partners and donors
The IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) is working with leading zoos, aquariums, botanic gardens, governance bodies, local communities and the private sector around the world to proactively advance ...
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A focus on inclusive finance: The GEF-7 Inclusive Conservation Initiative Phase Two Report
IUCN and Conservation International are co-implementing agencies on the GEF-funded Inclusive Conservation Initiative, which works with Indigenous Peoples in their continuing efforts to safeguard Earth ...
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WCPA TAPAS Group at UN Tourism meeting in Costa Rica
The IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) Tourism and Protected Areas Specialist Group (TAPAS) participated in the 19th Meeting of the UN Tourism Committee on Tourism and Sustainability (CTS ...
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IUCN at 79th Session of the UN General Assembly
On September 24 th 2024, the High-Level Week of the 79 th session of the UN General Assembly will open in New York City USA. The theme of the General Debate will be “Leaving no one behind: acting ...