IUCN Director General, Dr Grethel Aguilar, delivered IUCN’s statement to the plenary at the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in Yerevan, Armenia, ...

For the first time, the world’s coral reefs have been assessed with the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems. The assessment covers ...

Six Indigenous leaders from Africa, Asia and Latin America were recognised today as the inaugural Indigenous Peoples ...

October 2026. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has launched new guidance on how to successfully ...

IUCN has launched its first global strategy to tackle invasive alien species, one of the world’s greatest drivers of biodiversity loss and species extinctions. It sets out how IUCN’s Members, ...

Launched at CBD COP17, the IUCN Global Standard for Effective and Equitable Protected and Conserved Areas – the IUCN Global PCA Standard – gives every protected and conserved area a common framework ...

IUCN President Razan Al Mubarak delivered a statement at the Leaders' Summit on Biodiversity, hosted by the Armenian Presidency of the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the Convention on ...

Hosted by IUCN and the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas, in collaboration with the International Ranger Federation, Conservation Allies, and IUCN-US the International Ranger Awards officially ...

Deep-sea mining is the process of extracting and often excavating mineral deposits from the deep seabed. The deep seabed is the seabed at ocean depths greater than 200m, and covers about two-thirds of ...

Plastic is a synthetic, organic polymer made from fossil fuels, such as gas and petroleum. Over 460 million metric tons of plastic are produced every year, according to the United Nations Environment ...

From 19 - 30 October 2026, IUCN will take part in the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP17) in Yerevan, Armenia. Under the theme “Taking ...