IUCN Members adopt 20-year Vision and four-year Pr... IUCN Members have voted to adopt a new 20-year Strategic Vision and four-year Programme to guide the Union’s work in the lead up to 2030.

The IUCN Commission on Education and Communication (CEC) uses creative communication and education tools and approaches to raise awareness and inspire action to conserve nature. Our job is to mobilize ...

Some groups address conservation issues related to particular groups of plants, fungi or animals while others focus on broader issues such as the reintroduction of species into former habitats, ...

Founded in 1948, IUCN has become the global authority on the status of the natural world and the measures needed to safeguard it. As we mark the Union's 75th anniversary we look back on the knowledge, ...

The world’s largest and most diverse environmental network.

About protected areas and land use Human activity, mostly for food production and forestry, is transforming landscapes. Today, one third of all land is degraded or degrading, which harms biodiversity ...

About & How We Engage WCEL works to enhance the development and strengthen the implementation of environmental law and policy, including through best practices and inter-sectoral strategies for ...

Elected by our Members at the IUCN Congress, the IUCN Council is our principal governing body. The IUCN President chairs the Council.

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The interconnected crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, and land degradation threaten to exacerbate human inequality and disrupt efforts for broad human well-being, unless an integrated ...

Sports have a unique opportunity to address the nature crisis. IUCN has been working with key partners on developing the Sports for Nature Initiative to contribute to global efforts to halt and ...

IUCN at CBD COP16 Governments reviewed the progress made in translating the global framework into national strategies and plans, and finalized outstanding issues from COP15 and related to the ...