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IUCN ROWA Celebrates the Inclusion of Seven New Sites from Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, and the UAE in the Green List
The International Union for Conservation of Nature, Regional Office for West Asia, is pleased to announce the addition of six ...
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One quarter of freshwater animals at risk of extinction - IUCN Red List
The largest global assessment of freshwater animals on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ to date has revealed that 24% ...
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Strengthening biodiversity financing in Europe
With financial support from the European Commission, IUCN has launched a new project aimed at identifying Environmental Harmful Subsidies (EHS) and improving biodiversity financing in Belgium, Finland ...
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Building local capacity for sustainable fisheries management: some reflections
On November 29, 2024, IUCN and partners organised a workshop in Siem Reap to reflect and share experience on sustainable fisheries management. Over 90 participants (22 female), including ...
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2025 - A Year of Action for Glaciers
The Dragón de la Patagonia (Andiperla willinki) is, by most accounts, not very dragon-like. A 15mm long, non-flying plecopteran that resembles a bit of a lost and cold earwig, it doesn’t – fortunately ...
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Exchange visit on mangrove friendly sustainable aquaculture in Ayeyarwady Delta
On November 18-22, 2024, as part of the SDC Gulf of Mottama Project, IUCN and MERN organised a visit to the Ayeyarwady Delta for 11 members of Community Forest (CF) Committees and Local Conservation ...
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IUCN Food and Agricultural Systems at UN CCD COP16
For the first time ever, the 2024 UN Convention to Combat Desertification (COP16) included an Agri-food Systems Day. Therefore, COP16 Riyadh was an important opportunity for IUCN’s Food and ...
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Managing mangroves for resilience to climate change
Building resilience into mangrove conservation plans requires an understanding of how mangroves will respond to climate changes, what factors help them survive these changes, and, consequently, which ...
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Sawfish : a global strategy for conservation
Authors: Harrison, Lucy R., Dulvy, Nicholas K., ...
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Primates in peril : the world's 25 most endangered primates, 2012-2014
This report is the seventh iteration of the biennial listing of a consensus of the 25 primate species considered to be among the most endangered worldwide and the most in need of conservation measures ...
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IUCN argues at World Court that States have a legal obligation to fight climate change
The arguments came during landmark legal proceedings that could clarify what responsibilities States have in fighting climate change – and the consequences they could face for failing to do so. IUCN ...
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EXPLAINER: The International Court of Justice considers climate change
What are these proceedings about? In short, they are about the legal obligations countries have to protect the climate, and, should they fail to comply with them, whether they could face any legal ...