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IUCN Director General delivers statement at seventh session of UN Environment Assembly

IUCN Director General Dr Grethel Aguilar delivered IUCN’s statement to the seventh session of the United Nations Environment ...
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Nature at the Nexus: COP30 FEBA Event Champions Ecosystem-based Adaptation as a Pathway to Resilience

At COP30 in Belém, the Friends of Ecosystem-based Adaptation (FEBA) network spotlighted Ecosystem-based Adaptation as a transformative, nature-driven solution linking climate resilience, biodiversity, ...
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IUCN agrees first global policy on synthetic biology

IUCN has adopted the first-ever global policy on synthetic biology and nature conservation. The policy was adopted by IUCN’s highest decision-making body, its Members’ Assembly, comprising the Union's ...
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Mounting risks threaten survival of wild European pollinators – IUCN Red List

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 11 October 2025 (IUCN) – Nearly 100 additional wild bee species in Europe have been classified as threatened in a new assessment for the IUCN Red List of Threatened ...
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Arctic seals threatened by climate change, birds decline globally – IUCN Red List

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 10 October 2025 (IUCN World Conservation Congress) – Three species of Arctic seal have moved closer to extinction, according to the latest update of the IUCN Red List ...
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IUCN launches the Second Edition of the IUCN Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions™

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 10 October 2025 (IUCN) – IUCN has officially launched the Second Edition of the IUCN Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions™ at the IUCN World Conservation ...
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IUCN Commission for Environmental Management launches new guidance on rewilding

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 9 October 2025 (IUCN) – New guidelines on rewilding practice have been launched at the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2025. Evolving over many years, the guidelines ...
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IUCN launches consultation on developing a strategy for invasive alien species

The IUCN is pleased to announce the launch of a wide-ranging consultation aimed at gathering feedback from its constituents and beyond on the need for an IUCN strategy focused on invasive alien ...
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High Seas Treaty achieves milestone of 60 ratifications, paving the way for ocean protection

Formally known as the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction ...
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Across eight Amazon countries, forests on Indigenous lands reduce spread of 27 diseases - Peer-reviewed study

Belém, Brazil/Gland, Switzerland, 11 September 2025 — The first study of its kind, led by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), gathered data from 1,733 municipalities ...
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Four giraffe species officially recognised in major conservation reclassification – IUCN report

Windhoek, Namibia, 21 August 2025 (IUCN) – A groundbreaking assessment has officially recognised four distinct giraffe species, overturning previous classifications of the world’s tallest land mammal ...
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IUCN welcomes International Court of Justice's historic climate change Advisory Opinion

Today, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered its Advisory Opinion on the obligations of States to protect the climate system. IUCN Director General Dr Grethel Aguilar addressing the ICJ ...