Story | 06 Apr, 2021
First Training for IUCN Green List Mentors in Malaysia
The first IUCN Green List mentor training programme in Malaysia was organised by WWF-Malaysia for 22 volunteers from governmental and non-governmental organisations, in collaboration with the national Expert Assessment group for the Green List (EAGL) and the IUCN Green List global team.
Story | 06 Apr, 2021
IUCN Global Youth Summit on nature to be held online from 6 to 16 April
Gland, Switzerland, 06 April 2021 – More than 10,000 young people will connect and exchange ideas online at the first-ever International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Global Youth Summit, from 6 to 16 April. The outcomes of the Summit will be presented to the IUCN…
Story | 05 Apr, 2021
New book: "Advanced Introduction to Community-based Conservation"
CEESP News: by Fikret Berkes, University of Manitoba's Natural Resources Institute
The book is a synthesis of community-based conservation theory and practice, written as a textbook for university students and for international conservation practitioners. Berkes argues that biodiversity…
Story | 05 Apr, 2021
IUCN welcomes three new Mediterranean members
Fundación Global Nature, Panthera France and MIRACETI have just become members of the world’s largest global environmental network. The International Union for Conservation of Nature counts over 1400 Members in more than 170 countries, including States and government agencies, NGOs large and…
Story | 31 Mar, 2021
New WHO-IUCN Expert Working Group on Biodiversity, Climate, One Health and Nature-based Solutions
Under the umbrella of the Friends of EbA (FEBA) network, leading experts engaged in the science-policy interface of public health, biodiversity, and climate change will collaborate in an innovative initiative led by the WHO and IUCN to help guide…
Story | 26 Mar, 2021
Local organisations “are not simple add-ons” to conservation
David Kaimowitz of the Forest and Farm Facility shares his thoughts on the role of the global organisation he now manages, discusses a new report on Forest Governance by Indigenous and Tribal Peoples, and touches on connections to primary forests…
Story | 26 Mar, 2021
Blog by James Dalton -- Monday this week saw the 28th annual World Water Day. The Day celebrates water and raises awareness about the global water crisis, the theme this year was valuing water.
Story | 26 Mar, 2021
Republic of Korea celebrates First National Park Day
The Republic of Korea (ROK) held its first “National Park Day” commemoration at the headquarters of the Korea National Park Service (KNPS) in Wonju City on 3 March 2021. The event was conducted through online, real-…
Story | 25 Mar, 2021
Blockchain for forest landscape restoration: FLRchain marries two brilliant concepts
Were those trees actually planted? IUCN has teamed up with Gaiachain to develop FLRchain – a blockchain-based application to follow forest landscape restoration implementation through a verifiable ledger system that traces transactions from funding…
Press release | 25 Mar, 2021
African elephant species now Endangered and Critically Endangered - IUCN Red List
Gland, Switzerland, 25 March 2021 (IUCN) - Following population declines over several decades due to poaching for ivory and loss of habitat, the African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) is now listed as Critically Endangered and the African savanna elephant (Loxodonta …