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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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IUCN Secretariat
IUCN’s headquarters are in Gland, near Geneva, Switzerland, and we have regional, outpost, country and project offices around the world. In addition to contributing knowledge, convening and ...
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Other International Processes
Acknowledging that climate change affects all areas of international law, the Specialist Group engages with international legal processes beyond the UNFCCC COP. One area in which the Specialist Group ...
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중요생물다양성지역 식별을 위한 국제 표준 적용 지침서 Version 1.2
Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) are sites that contribute significantly to the global persistence of biodiversity. The purpose of the Guidelines for using A Global Standard for the Identification of Key ...
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Cultural diversity in non-human species and conservation
Culture has previously been thought to be unique to humans but there is now a growing scientific understanding of the prevalence of culture amongst non-human species. With the support of the Arcus ...
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CSS Human Dimensions
Linking the health and livelihoods of local communities with the conservation and sustainable use of wild species. Led by the Wilder Institute and hosted in Canada, the new IUCN CSS on Human ...