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IUCN Director General's statement on the loss of environmental defender in Guatemala
In light of the tragic news of the death of Marco Antonio Zuleta Quevedo, Guatemalan park ranger and forest firefighter, the ...
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IUCN Director General’s statement on World Migratory Bird Day 2025
World Migratory Bird Day reminds us of the awe-inspiring journeys millions of birds undertake – crossing continents, ...
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Cross-sector Innovation for Nature-Positive Outcomes
Jacob Park, Swayamprabha Das, and Ernesto Herrera propose an innovative cross-sector collaboration model to achieve nature-positive conservation outcomes. Jacob Park (Associate Professor, Vermont ...
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SSC Conference to Bring Together Conservation and Microbial Research Communities
The upcoming conference Conservation in a Microbial World co-organized by the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) will for the first time bring together the conservation and microbial research ...
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CREATES Stakeholder Validation Workshop closes with strong support from local stakeholders
On Wednesday 7th of May 2025, the CREATES Programme brought together key stakeholders, in Nairobi, Kenya, to validate the programme design and governance structure. The Climate Resilient Eastern ...
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Wings of Wonder: Tracking the Epic Journeys of European Rollers
As dawn breaks across southern Africa, five new European Rollers, fitted with lightweight satellite trackers, take flight, beginning journeys that will span thousands of kilometres and cross entire ...
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First IUCN SSC Centre for Species Survival in partnership with the Wilder Institute opens in Canada
The IUCN SSC Centre for Species Survival Human Dimensions (CSS Human Dimensions) in Alberta will address some of the critical—but often overlooked—social and cultural aspects of conservation. The ...
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Reimagining Intermediaries: Shifting Power Dynamics in Conservation Funding
Shreya Chakrabart, Resson Kantai Duff, and Jessie Davie critique the persistent inequities in conservation funding, which distance resources from frontline actors. Shreya Chakrabart (Communications ...
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Integrated environmental protection takes centre stage at 4th WCEL World Environmental Law Congress in Morocco
The 4th World Environmental Law Congress, organised by the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL), was successfully held from 4-7 May 2025 in Rabat, Morocco, bringing together over 200 ...
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IUCN launches call for proposals for SOS Lemurs Phase II
IUCN has launched a second call for proposals under its SOS Lemurs Phase II initiative to support targeted conservation action for Madagascar’s threatened lemurs. The call is open until Wednesday 9 ...
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Addressing human-wildlife conflict for sustainable coexistence
The pervasive issue of human-wildlife conflict (HWC) is an existential challenge for the future of Africa’s wildlife, wild landscapes and growing wildlife economies. This has been identified as the ...
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Rethinking Consumption and Conservation: Circular Economy Perspectives
Pérez-Castillo outlines how a circular economy can bridge the gap between conservation and economic activity by prioritizing resource efficiency, durability, and repairability in product design and ...