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IUCN welcomes International Court of Justice's historic climate change Advisory Opinion

Today, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered its Advisory Opinion on the obligations of States to protect the ...
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IUCN calls for concrete solutions to scale up wetland protection and restoration at Ramsar COP15

As wetlands continue to be among the most imperilled ecosystems on Earth, the 15th meeting of the Conference of the ...
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Stewards in action: Scaling up Indigenous-led conservation on the ground, influencing global policy and enabling direct access to finance

Kick-starting PODONG Indigenous Peoples Initiative in TanzaniaFrom Indigenous Peoples’ leadership in territorial conservation ...
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A renaissance for nature as the World Heritage Committee closes in Paris

After a ten-day marathon meeting - with only the French National Holiday (on the 14th July), and its amazing fireworks to ...
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Our work - IUCN

IUCN provides public, private and non-governmental organisations with the knowledge, tools and projects that enable societies, economies and nature to thrive together. These include data, assessments ...
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IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology - resource | IUCN

The IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology is a comprehensive classification framework for Earth’s ecosystems that integrates their functional and compositional features. This new typology helps identify the ...
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Both African elephant species endangered and critically endangered - IUCN

Gland, Switzerland, 25 March 2021 (IUCN) - Following population declines over several decades due to poaching for ivory and loss of habitat, the African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) is now ...
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A quarter of sharks and rays threatened with extinction - IUCN

A quarter of the world’s sharks and rays are threatened with extinction according to The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™, with ray species found to be at a higher risk than sharks. The findings ...
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EXPLAINER: The International Court of Justice considers climate change

The landmark legal proceedings before the ICJ could clarify what legal responsibilities States have to fight climate change.
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New IUCN report shows way toward Regenerative Blue Economy

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 ...
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Third of open ocean sharks threatened with extinction | IUCN

The first study to determine the global conservation status of 64 species of open ocean (pelagic) sharks and rays reveals that 32 percent are threatened with extinction, primarily due to overfishing, ...
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A third of sharks, rays, and chimaeras are threatened with ... - IUCN

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has released a report, Global Status of Sharks, Rays and Chimaeras, that highlights new knowledge compiled by 353 experts from 115 countries ...