IUCN and its Commission on Ecosystem Management publish a study on the application of the IUCN Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions in the Resilient Highlands project—one of the few such initiatives in Latin America.

Nairobi, Kenya, 12 December 2025 – The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen cooperation in the lead-up to and beyond UNCCD COP17,…

The 30th Conference of the Parties to the United Nation Framework Convention of Climate Change (COP30) is underway in Belém, Brazil, drawing global attention to the existential threat that is climate change. As governments, civil society, and the private sector congregate in the Amazon…

Globally, wildfires are emerging as a leading threat to forests. As climate change continues to further alter weather patterns and disturbance regimes, the severity and frequency of wildfires are predicted to worsen. Subsequently, there is an urgent need to implement integrated fire management…

Stretching across more than 8,000 km² on Brazil’s northern coast, the Amazon mangroves form one of the planet’s largest continuous mangrove ecosystems — a living shield between the Atlantic Ocean and the great rainforest. For generations, this landscape has sustained thousands of families who…

At the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2025, the IUCN Forest and Grasslands Team participated in two events centred around One Health, advancing dialogue within the Union around One Health as an increasingly important and emerging conservation framework. The events underscored how the wellbeing…

The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF) Journey at the IUCN Congress takes participants through over 80 events showcasing IUCN’s contributions to the KMGBF, how its global standards, scientific assessments, and knowledge tools guide policy, inform implementation, and enable…

Building on the first batch released in 2023, the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) of the People’s Republic of China and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) unveiled the second batch of the International Applications of Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction in Coastal…

People are at the core of IUCN’s vision for a just, resilient, and sustainable future. The People Programme Area of the IUCN’s Nature 2030 Programme recognises that conservation can only succeed when rooted in human rights, social equity,…

Significant progress has already been made towards setting the LDN targets and now there is urgent need to build momentum in achieving these targets. The priorities are to ensure that national targets are fully embedded into sub-national policies and actions; to catalyse and coordinate action…