The 15th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties (COP15) to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands brought together ...

Today, on World Ranger Day 2025, IUCN honours the dedication and courage of rangers – our invaluable frontline defenders of ...

As wetlands continue to be among the most imperilled ecosystems on Earth, the 15th meeting of the Conference of the ...

This Global Tiger Day, IUCN celebrates the people who are central to protecting wild tigers: Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs). These communities have lived alongside tigers for ...

Kilifi, Kenya, 26 July 2025 - The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Conservation International (CI), The Nature Conservancy (TNC), Wetlands International Eastern Africa (WIEA), ...

Mangroves are unique forests inhabiting the intertidal zone of primarily tropical and subtropical coastlines. Today, we celebrate the World Mangroves Day 2025, which has the theme, Protect Wetlands ...

In the last decade, poachers have killed almost 10,000 rhinos across Africa to feed the demand for horn on the black market. The IUCN SSC African Rhino Specialist Group (AfRSG) exists to promote the ...

Through the Austrian Development Cooperation-funded project Restoring Ecosystems to Reduce Drought Risk and Increase Resilience, implemented in Burkina Faso, Georgia, and Kenya, IUCN put ecosystem ...

Asian Rhinos are threatened by the loss of forest, grasslands and marshland, usually caused by logging, agriculture or house-building. The IUCN SSC Asian Rhino Specialist Group (AsRSG) fosters ...

To bring the natural system into balance, a new economy that is sustainable and respects the limits of natural resources and the functions of ecosystems is fundamental. This requires a shift in how we ...

Dear Members of the International Seabed Authority, In September 2021 at the IUCN World Conservation Congress, IUCN Member States, civil society and Indigenous organisations overwhelmingly voted in ...

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 11 December 2023 (IUCN) – Climate change threatens a growing number of species, from Atlantic salmon to green turtles, today’s update to the IUCN Red List of Threatened ...