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Education as a pathway to biodiversity action: The Wildlife Clubs of Kenya experience

As the world prepares for CBD COP17 in Armenia, the urgency to stem biodiversity loss has never been greater. Yet behind ...
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IUCN advances nature, ocean and climate agenda at UNGA and NYC Climate Week

Through a series of engagements at the 81st United Nations General Assembly and Climate Week NYC, IUCN worked to advance ...
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Aligning nature restoration and sustainable livestock management in Europe: lessons from UNCCD COP17

At UNCCD COP17 in Ulaanbaatar, IUCN Europe brought together experts working across pastoralism, landscape and ecosystem restoration, sustainable land management, and agricultural policy from different ...
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Kenya launches new Mountain Bongo recovery plan as IUCN SSC meets in Africa for the first time

Kenya has taken a significant step forward in the recovery of one of Africa’s most threatened mammals, the Critically Endangered Mountain Bongo. In Nanyuki, the launch of the Second Edition of the ...
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Walking across the Mediterranean: bringing climate adaptation closer to people

A giant map, games, theatre, music and a journey through the streets of Larnaka brought climate adaptation out of the conference room and into the city during the first DesirMED Adaptation Festival.
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IUCN celebrates 100 ratifications and growing momentum for BBNJ implementation

Gland/New York, 23 September 2026 (IUCN) – The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) welcomes the milestone of 100 ratifications of the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on ...
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IUCN Common Messages to the 2026 Rio Convention Conference of the Parties (COPs)

As Parties to the Rio Conventions – the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the United Nations Framework Convention ...
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One year countdown begins to IUCN World Protected and Conserved Areas Congress

Today marks one year until the IUCN World Protected and Conserved Areas Congress 2027 begins. Conservation and development leaders will gather in Panama to advance ambitious plans that position ...
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Stark findings from UNEP’s Overshoot report demand urgent, ambitious climate action – IUCN

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) calls for urgent, ambitious greenhouse gas emission cuts in reaction to the stark findings of the ‘Limiting Overshoot’ report published today.
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IUCN Deputy Director General’s Statement at the High-level Ministerial Dialogue From Ambition to Action: Delivering Rio Synergies Across the Triple COP Year

Chair of the Ulaanbaatar Technical Dialogue Stewart Maginnis statement to the High-level Ministerial Dialogue From Ambition to Action: Delivering Rio Synergies at UNCCD COP17 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia ...
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Global land restoration gains ground, but delivers only 10% of national pledges – IUCN report

A new IUCN analysis of global land restoration achievements shows that over 124.3 million hectares are under restoration, rehabilitation or improved management worldwide – an area approximately twice ...
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Conservationists in Europe are racing to stop the next invasive species before it spreads

A venomous lionfish advancing through the Adriatic. Giant American bullfrogs threatening wetlands. A crayfish capable of reproducing without mating. An Asian bird breeding in Europe outside its native ...