Cities are home to 4.4 billion people — well over half of humanity. This figure is projected to reach 6.7 billion by 2050. Rapid and uncontrolled urbanisation brings dramatic environmental change, ...

The World Heritage Committee, at its 47th session currently taking place in Paris, France, has decided to remove the Rainforests of the Atsinanana in Madagascar from the list of World Heritage in ...

IUCN Director General Dr Grethel Aguilar delivered IUCN's statement to the 47th session of the World Heritage Committee, at ...

IUCN invites organizations, individuals, philanthropists, businesses, and governments to help protect our planet’s natural wonders for current and future generations. You can help us in our mission in ...

Nature-based Solutions can help address these concerns through the multiple services provided by ecosystems in term of adaptation (water management, adaptation to disaster risks, support to ...

The high amount of land used for cultivation and livestock farming has dramatically shaped landscapes in Europe and throughout the rest of the world. Agriculture is a fundamental human activity that ...

Building on the Compilation Text, and in effort to find pathways to achieving an ILBI, the Chair of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for the adoption of an international legally binding ...

IUCN, the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law (IUCN WCEL), Fauna & Flora, the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) present an information brief within the framework of the Geneva Beat Plastic ...

About the IUCN Library at Headquarters The IUCN Library is a unique repository of the publications, periodicals, unpublished reports and multimedia produced by IUCN, including its regional and country ...

Young people are the future. We need their help and engagement, their unique perspectives and fresh ideas as well as their expertise to address the global challenges humanity is facing. This new IUCN ...

Blue carbon is the carbon stored in coastal and marine ecosystems. Coastal ecosystems such as mangroves, tidal marshes and seagrass meadows sequester and store more carbon per unit area than ...

This introductory brief's target audience is professionals from governments, civil society, private sector, and other stakeholders who know multilateral processes and treaties but are not “ BBNJ ...