UNESCO World Heritage recognition has been given to seven new areas as World Heritage, following IUCN advice. Africa shone ...

The “Guidance to Advance Other Effective Area Based Conservation Measures (OECMs) in Asia” builds on the recommendations from the Status of OECMs in Asia report (Sharma et al., 2023), that surveyed ...

These guidelines are designed to be applicable to the full spectrum of conservation translocations. They are based on principle rather than example and are designed to provide guidance on the ...

Historically, droughts have caused extensive damage. Effective responses to drought remain a challenge, with reactive and crisis-oriented approaches dominating many interventions. The consequences of ...

The mission of our IUCN SSC Firefly Specialist Group is to identify and work to conserve threatened firefly species around the world. Specific goals are to: assess Red List status for 2000+ firefly ...

Specialist Group work The ISSG promotes and facilitates the exchange of invasive species information and knowledge across the globe and ensures the linkage between knowledge, practice and policy so ...

Coral reefs harbour the highest biodiversity of any ecosystem globally and directly support over 500 million people worldwide, mostly in poor countries. They are among the most threatened ecosystems ...

Cities are home to 4.4 billion people — well over half of humanity. This figure is projected to reach 6.7 billion by 2050. Rapid and uncontrolled urbanisation brings dramatic environmental change, ...

The World Heritage Committee, at its 47th session currently taking place in Paris, France, has decided to remove the ...

IUCN Director General Dr Grethel Aguilar delivered IUCN's statement to the 47th session of the World Heritage Committee, at ...

Nature-based Solutions can help address these concerns through the multiple services provided by ecosystems in term of adaptation (water management, adaptation to disaster risks, support to ...

As the World Heritage Convention celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2022, over 1100 sites around the world are recognized as World Heritage - places that are so valuable to humanity that there ...