Poaching of African rhinos has decreased since 2021, but the gains have been offset by other threats such as drought and ...

Plastic pollution, biodiversity loss, and human health are interconnected issues that require coordinated responses across ...

Today, on World Ranger Day 2025, IUCN honours the dedication and courage of rangers – our invaluable frontline defenders of nature. To mark the occasion, IUCN Director General, Dr Grethel Aguilar, met ...

Today, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered its Advisory Opinion on the obligations of States to protect the climate system.

The World Heritage Committee, at its 47th session currently taking place in Paris, France, has decided to remove the Rainforests of the Atsinanana in Madagascar from the list of World Heritage in ...

In response to the increasing threat of invasive species in Eastern and Southern Africa, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience ...

Gland, Switzerland, 27 March 2025 (IUCN) – The number of fungi species on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ has surpassed 1,000, confirming that deforestation, agricultural expansion and urban ...

Africa’s total rhino count has continued to increase despite poaching, while certain species in Asia face an existential threat.

Gland, Switzerland, 27 June 2024 (IUCN) –The Bornean elephant has been assessed as Endangered, due to threats from human activities, according to today’s update of the IUCN Red List of Threatened ...

Nature-based Solutions (NbS) promote coherency among various sectoral policies to secure climate resilient development. In the context of Assam, India, this is key to achieving the goals set out in ...

Designed as a global primer, this new IUCN report proposes a clear definition and founding principles for a “Regenerative” Blue Economy. It defines different sustainability levels within the overall ...

The Solomon Islands Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology (MECDM), in collaboration with IUCN and Blue Nature Alliance, officially inaugurated the Marine Spatial ...