International Union for Conservation of Nature15 小时
Payments for ecosystem services : legal and institutional frameworks
Analysis and engagement with partners working on ecosystem services transactions, policies and laws over the past 10 years have demonstrated a clear need to better understand the legal and ...
International Union for Conservation of Nature1 天
On World Rhino Day 2024, a mixed story for the world’s five species of rhinos
Africa’s total rhino count has continued to increase despite poaching, while certain species in Asia face an existential threat.
International Union for Conservation of Nature20 小时
Geodiversity, World Heritage and IUCN
IUCN WCPA Geoheritage Specialist Group In 2013, a Geoheritage Specialist Group was created under IUCN’s World Commission on Protected Areas (IUCN-WCPA). The group provides specialist advice on all ...
International Union for Conservation of Nature2 天
Wildlife in a changing climate
Over 6,000 animals, fungi and plants at risk of extinction are threatened by climate change and severe weather on The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™, across every region of the world. The Red ...
International Union for Conservation of Nature2 天
Responsive governance
In March 2016, the failure of the Fundão Dam killed 19 people, destroyed villages, and spread mud along 670 km of the Rio Doce basin in the Brazilian states of Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo. A ...
International Union for Conservation of Nature3 天
Using Ecosystem-based Adaptation to Enhance Livelihoods and Improve Resilience in Mountain ...
In transboundary mountain ecosystems across Nepal, Bhutan, Peru, Colombia, Kenya, and Uganda, IUCN and partners have worked from 2017 - 2022 to implement ecosystem-based adaptation approaches to ...
International Union for Conservation of Nature2 天
The plastic pollution crisis
Plastics only began to be produced in large quantities following the second world war – but plastic pollution has since become one of the most serious threats humanity faces. By 2015, 60% of all ...
International Union for Conservation of Nature9 天
Indigenous Women’s Insights – Stewarding the Earth
In November, all along the busy maze of pavilion buildings in Sharm el Sheik, an estimated 45,000 people snaked along corridors hoping to inform crucial discussions surrounding climate policy at the ...
International Union for Conservation of Nature2 天
IUCN Asia wraps up 2023 stakeholder engagement with International Partners Day
With more than twenty representatives from various organisations joining, the event also served as a timely opportunity to celebrate IUCN’s 75th anniversary. As a culmination of its stakeholder ...
International Union for Conservation of Nature4 年
Gender and climate change
Across societies the impacts of climate change affect women and men differently. Women are often responsible for gathering and producing food, collecting water and sourcing fuel for heating and ...
International Union for Conservation of Nature2 天
Taking the measure of conservation
The IUCN Contributions for Nature platform shows how IUCN Members' conservation and restoration actions are helping to achieve global goals. This will be valuable in measuring progress towards the ...
International Union for Conservation of Nature1 年
IUCN SSC Ladybird Specialist Group
Wants to implement a global conservation plan through, at least, one site managed as a ladybird preserve and/or multiple redistribution releases in each region, inform researchers and conservation ...