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Expert panel statement by IUCN Director General Dr Grethel Aguilar
IUCN Director General Dr Grethel Aguilar delivered IUCN’s statement on 25 September 2024 at the UN High Level Meeting on ...
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Achieving 30x30: The Role of Nature Positive Tourism in Meeting Global Biodiversity Targets
With over 50% of global tourism relying on nature, the sector has the potential to play a crucial role in biodiversity ...
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Wildlife in a changing climate
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 ...
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Indigenous Women’s Insights – Stewarding the Earth
In November, all along the busy maze of pavilion buildings in Sharm el Sheik, an estimated 45,000 people snaked along corridors hoping to inform crucial discussions surrounding climate policy at the ...
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IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology closes major gap in our ability to measure the state of nature
As the world is set to adopt a landmark treaty to halt the loss of biodiversity later this year, implementing and measuring progress against specific goals of this agreement will soon become a focus.
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OECM Films
The main film — Nature Stewardship Beyond Protected Areas: Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures — features the experiences of a diverse group of South Africans as they explore the ...
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Lake Toba and the Batak legacy: harmonising indigenous wisdom with conservation
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 ...
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Conservation Strategy and Action Plan for the Talaud Bear Cuscus
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 ...
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WCPA TAPAS Group at UN Tourism meeting in Costa Rica
The IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) Tourism and Protected Areas Specialist Group (TAPAS) participated in the 19th Meeting of the UN Tourism Committee on Tourism and Sustainability (CTS ...
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Tapestries of Diversity: Indigenous Languages and Biodiversity Conservation
In declaring 2022-2032 the International Year of Indigenous Languages, UNESCO’s Resolution A/RES/74/135 sought ‘to draw attention to the critical loss of indigenous languages and the urgent need to ...
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A focus on inclusive finance: The GEF-7 Inclusive Conservation Initiative Phase Two Report
IUCN and Conservation International are co-implementing agencies on the GEF-funded Inclusive Conservation Initiative, which works with Indigenous Peoples in their continuing efforts to safeguard Earth ...
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Report Release - Planet on the move: Reimagining conservation at the intersection of migration, environmental change and conflict
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, ...