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Communities building the future of the monarch butterfly

Every autumn, millions of monarch butterflies travel more than 4,000 kilometres from southern Canada to the forests of ...
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IUCN calls for the WTO 14th Ministerial Conference to integrate sustainable development as a core principle

As the 14th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) convenes from 26 to 29 March in Yaoundé, Cameroon, a country of exceptional natural diversity, IUCN calls on the Ministers to ...
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'Nature is essential to our economy, our stability, our humanity': IUCN President tells ChangeNOW Summit

Razan Al Mubarak, President of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, delivered a keynote address at the opening of the ChangeNOW Summit in Paris on 30 March, calling for stronger global ...
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Seeds of Advocacy - Women leaders of lake Titicaca

Paralegal training and the development of a new technological application are empowering women leaders in Lake Titicaca’s communities to defend environmental rights and protect water resources. In a ...
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Deforestation and forest degradation

Deforestation and forest degradation are the biggest threats to forests worldwide. Deforestation occurs when forests are converted to non-forest uses, such as agriculture and road construction. Forest ...
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IUCN at CMS COP15

From 23 to 29 March 2026, IUCN will participate in the 15th session of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS COP15), in Campo Grande, Brazil. At the ...
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OECMs in Wetlands: Linkages with the Ramsar Convention

Drawing on the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework's Target 3 and the Ramsar Convention, this briefing note examines the synergies between Ramsar Site designations and OECM recognition, and ...
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IUCN and the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) condemn attack at Upemba National Park

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) condemn, in the strongest terms possible, the armed attack that took place on 3 March ...
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Seventy five years of experience

Founded in 1948, IUCN has become the global authority on the status of the natural world and the measures needed to safeguard it. As we mark the Union's 75th anniversary we look back on the knowledge, ...
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Plastic pollution

Plastic is a synthetic, organic polymer made from fossil fuels, such as gas and petroleum. Over 460 million metric tons of plastic are produced every year, according to the United Nations Environment ...
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IUCN SSC Snapper, Seabream and Grunt Specialist Group

This Specialist Group (SG) works to advance the assessment of extinction risk and associated biological research on the over 550 reef and estuarine species in six families of marine fishes throughout ...
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Request for Proposals: Technical Support to IUCN Med on Area-Based Conservation and CSO Conservation Action Prioritization

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