Page | 15 Jun, 2022
The IUCN World Heritage Panel provides high-quality technical and scientific advice on World Heritage, and forms the official position of IUCN in its recommendations to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee. The Panel is composed of 10 to 12 conservation experts who are specialised in fields…
Conservation Tool
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ is the world’s most comprehensive information source on the global extinction risk status of animal, fungus and plant species. Open to all, it is used by governmental bodies, non-profit organisations, businesses and individuals.
Page | 13 Jun, 2022
Nominating new World Heritage sites
Learn more about how IUCN evaluates nominations and which sites IUCN recommends for World Heritage Listing.
Page | 13 Jun, 2022
IUCN co-drafted the World Heritage Convention text with UNESCO in 1972 and is explicitly recognised within the Convention as the technical Advisory Body on nature to the World Heritage Committee.
Page | 10 Jun, 2022
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
One of the three Rio Conventions, the UNFCCC's ultimate objective is to achieve the stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous interference with the climate system.
Page | 10 Jun, 2022
UN Sustainable Development Goals
The Sustainable Development Goals and targets acknowledge the critical role that a healthy environment can play in addressing current challenges including poverty, climate change, food and water security. It recognises that the natural world must be urgently protected, both for its own sake, and…
Page | 29 Jun, 2022
In its work on World Heritage, IUCN implements initiatives to enhance the role of the World Heritage Convention in protecting the planet’s biodiversity, and to promote effective use of its mechanisms to strengthen the conservation and management of natural World Heritage sites.