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US pledges additional $14 million to help end plastic pollution at IUCN Leaders Forum
The US government has announced an additional $14 million in funding for the End Plastic Pollution International ...
International Union for Conservation of Nature19h
The plastic pollution crisis
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 ...
International Union for Conservation of Nature9d
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.
International Union for Conservation of Nature15h
IUCN SSC Standards and Petitions Committee
The IUCN SSC Standards and Petitions Committee (SPC) is responsible for ensuring the quality and standards of the IUCN Red List and for ruling on petitions against the listings of species on the IUCN ...
International Union for Conservation of Nature17h
Pacific Regional Report (Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu) for the Plastic Waste Free Islands project
This report is a consolidation of in-country data gathered during 2020 in three Pacific countries: Fiji, Samoa and Vanuatu. For the purpose of this report, all regional data analysis is based on these ...
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Kawésqar Wæs - Chilean Patagonia's greatest wilderness is a home
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 ...
International Union for Conservation of Nature11d
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 ...
International Union for Conservation of Nature19h
Peru and Ecuador consolidate their history of transboundary water management cooperation
After a successful negotiation process, on Wednesday, October 25, 2023, the States of Ecuador and Peru formally endorsed the Regulation of the Binational Commission for the Integrated Management of ...
International Union for Conservation of Nature19h
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 ...
International Union for Conservation of Nature15h
IUCN EICAT categories and criteria : first edition
A unified classification of alien taxa based on the magnitude of their environmental impacts has been developed in response to these issues. EICAT (Environmental Impact Classification for Alien Taxa) ...
International Union for Conservation of Nature10d
IUCN flagship report calls on countries to rethink agricultural and conservation policies to help protect biodiversity and deliver food for humanity
A new flagship report from the International Union for Conservation of Nature - on the interplay between agriculture and conservation - argues that better designed and targeted policies could benefit ...
International Union for Conservation of Nature10d
IUCN and REDEIA join forces to promote nature-positive energy infrastructure in Spain and Latin America
IUCN and REDEIA, formerly known as Red Eléctrica de España, have signed a new agreement to advance biodiversity assessments and conservation actions. “This partnership is one that is very valuable to ...