News | 21 Nov, 2023
New toolkit to assess the effectiveness of World Heritage management
UNESCO and the Advisory Bodies to the World Heritage Committee – ICCROM, ICOMOS and IUCN – today released a newly revised toolkit for assessing the effectiveness of management systems of World Heritage properties. Enhancing Our Heritage Toolkit 2.0 offers a World Heritage-specific methodology…
News | 07 Nov, 2023
A Guide to Expanding Protected & Conserved Areas under the UN Global Biodiversity Framework
In December 2022, more than 190 countries sealed a landmark deal to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030.
The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework -- the GBF -- calls upon governments to take urgent action to halt and reverse biodiversity loss.
News | 24 Oct, 2023
IMMAS Celebrated—Yet Now In Danger
The IUCN Marine Mammal Protected Areas Task Force Marks 10 years But Some of its Flagship Important Marine Mammal Areas, or IMMAs, are Already in Danger
News | 05 Sep, 2023
United Nations' 2023 Science Summit welcomes SSC experts' participation
IUCN Species Survival Commission's experts will be part of the list of speakers who will be highlighting biodiversity at the Science Summit at the 78 United Nations General Assembly, from 12 to 29 September 2023.
Blog | 28 Aug, 2023
Sacred Groves, the secret wizards of conservation
India is home to over 990 PCAs - including 106 national parks, 564 wildlife sanctuaries, 99 conservation reserves, and 218 conservation reserves. Cultural conservation areas also exist worldwide - especially within Indian Hindu communities. These places are called sacred groves.
News | 28 Aug, 2023
World Protected Areas Leaders Forum Wraps Up Successful Event at Krkonoše National Park
Krkonoše National Park - The World Protected Areas Leaders Forum concluded its highly anticipated five-day event on June 30, 2023, at the picturesque Krkonoše National Park on the Czechia-Poland border in the heart of Central Europe. The forum brought together protected area…
Press release | 22 Aug, 2023
The International Union for Conservation Nature’s World Commission on Protected Areas (IUCN WCPA), working in partnership with WWF, GEF and TNC, has launched…
News | 21 Aug, 2023
International Standardization Organisation – mainstreaming biodiversity standards
The third plenary of the International Standardization Organisation (ISO) technical committee on biodiversity took place in Paris and virtually from 17 to 21 April 2023.
Story | 03 Aug, 2023
New IUCN WCPA Publication
News | 02 Aug, 2023
Galápagos National Park Begins Journey Towards Prestigious IUCN Green List Certification
The Galápagos National Park has embarked on a momentous endeavor as it sets its sights on achieving certification on the prestigious International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Green List.