Press release | 16 May, 2019
IUCN and Lacoste team up again to inspire support for threatened species
The Lacoste-IUCN partnership has launched its second awareness-raising campaign to support species conservation action worldwide.
Story | 16 May, 2019
IUCN mourns the loss of fervent conservationist Dr Ljupco Melovski
With great sadness we received the news that Dr Ljupco Melovski, a full-time professor at the Institute of Biology at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Skopje and one of the leading conservationists in South-Eastern Europe, has passed away at the age of 60.
Story | 16 May, 2019
The Korea National Park Service (KNPS) and the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation of Thailand (DNP) recently enhanced their knowledge about marine national park management.
Story | 15 May, 2019
Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas in the climate change era: challenges & opportunities
The MPA-ADAPT project concludes with a final conference to be held on the 4-5 June 2019 in Barcelona, Spain.
Publication | 2019
This publication explores emerging concepts, challenges, and key policy and law tools to help inform governments as they modernize public sector planning to better address 21st century change and advance their sustainable development goals.
Story | 13 May, 2019
Tunisia works with IUCN to develop National Red Lists for Species & Ecosystems
IUCN Red List methodologies for Species and for Ecosystems are currently being evaluated as suitable strategies to preserve forests, birds and vascular plants in Tunisia, with the support of IUCN-Med’s team.
Story | 09 May, 2019
Call for Papers: Special Issue of Policy Matters - Submit Proposal by June 15
Submit your 300-word proposal to policymatters2020@gmail.com by June 15 to be considered! See Spanish and French translations below.
Story | 09 May, 2019
Facilitating Implementation and Promoting Compliance With the Paris Agreement Under Article 15
By Christina Voigt - WCEL Climate Change Specialist Group Chair, Christina Voigt, along with Gu Zihua and Jacob Werksman, recently co-authored the article 'Facilitating Implementation and Promoting Compliance With the Paris Agreement Under Article 15: Conceptual Challenges and Pragmatic Choices…
Press release | 09 May, 2019
Rewriting genes could have broad knock-on effects on nature – IUCN report
The emerging field of synthetic biology could affect nature in ways that go beyond single genetically engineered organisms, according to an IUCN report published today.
Story | 09 May, 2019
Enhancing progress towards Aichi Target 11
In April, the Secretariat to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (Bundesamt für Naturschutz, BfN) held a meeting of the Global Partnership on Aichi Target 11, in order to stimulate…