On September 24th 2024, the High-Level Week of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly will open in New York City USA.

Africa’s total rhino count has continued to increase despite poaching, while certain species in Asia face an existential threat.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Batak indigenous woman is planting crops in her field near my father’s village. We chat. The lady, who happens to be a distant aunt, has lived in the Tapanuli region with her extended family near ...

Protected Landscapes (IUCN Protected Area Category V) are lived-in working landscapes. In the past, there has been a tendency to see them as a rather Eurocentric approach to protected areas but ...

Chilean Patagonia is today recognised as one of the greatest refuges of wild nature in the world. In recent decades, with the creation of national parks and marine reserves, the state has placed huge ...

Guatemala City, Guatemala, September 24, 2024 (IUCN). The End Plastic Pollution International Collaborative (EPPIC), a public-private partnership aimed at advancing more circular economies and ...

The Talaud Bear Cuscus (Ailurops melanotis) is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species and protected under Indonesian law. The species’ geographic distribution is ...

With over 50% of global tourism relying on nature, the sector has the potential to play a crucial role in biodiversity conservation. At the 19th Meeting of the UN Tourism Committee on Tourism and ...

In June 2024, the IUCN's CEESP Task Force on Migration, Environmental Change, and Conflict released the report "Planet on the move: Reimagining conservation at the intersection of migration, ...