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Indigenous leaders recognised as inaugural Ambassadors for Primary Forests at CBD COP17

Six Indigenous leaders from Africa, Asia and Latin America were recognised today as the inaugural Indigenous Peoples ...
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IUCN welcomes decision by UN Convention Against Organized Crime to negotiate protocol on crimes that affect the environment

The new protocol offers an opportunity to strengthen international cooperation against transnational environmental crime and ...
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A Future for Lemurs: The people, landscapes and conservation efforts protecting Madagascar’s most threatened species

What does it really take to save a lemur? A protected forest? A thriving local community? A team of dedicated ...
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IUCN Director General delivers statement at 2026 UN Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP17)

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, ...
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Sustainable Tourism

The Mediterranean is the world’s leading tourism destination. The region is also considered one of the most important biodiversity hotspots in the world. Unfortunately, many mass tourism activities ...
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Drylands and land degradation

Drylands are places of water scarcity, where rainfall may be limited or may only be abundant for a short period. They experience high mean temperatures, leading to high rates of water loss to ...
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IUCN partners and donors

Government partners IUCN’s Government partners, which include many state and government agencies who are IUCN members, provide vital flexible and project funding for the implementation of the IUCN ...
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IUCN and Sweden launch major new partnership to advance Nature-based Solutions for biodiversity and resilient communities

The Government of Armenia, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and the Government of Sweden, through the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), today ...
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New IUCN guidelines bring One Health into ecosystem restoration

Yerevan, Armenia, 29 October 2026 (IUCN) – Today at the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP17), IUCN, together with the IUCN Commission on ...
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Yerevan Global OECM Action Hub to help conserve 30% of the planet by 2030

Yerevan, Armenia, 28 October 2026 (IUCN) – The Yerevan Global OECM Action Hub was launched today at the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD ...
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IUCN and AIIB sign Letter of Intent to develop technical partnership on biodiversity, nature and sustainable infrastructure

Agreement establishes a framework for technical collaboration and knowledge exchange on biodiversity, nature and sustainable infrastructure. On 26 October 2026, at the 17th Conference of the Parties ...
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ITTO and IUCN sign Memorandum of Understanding to advance tropical forest biodiversity and sustainable management

Yerevan, 29 October 2026 – The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to ...