The Jordan-specific Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool (Jo-METT) is designed to monitor progress in assessing the effectiveness of protected area management over successive periods and to identify the actions needed to address any management weaknesses. This customized tool is based on…

Safeguarding Saudi Arabia’s Coral Reefs: National Crown-of-Thorns Response Plan Launched

The IUCN-organised High Seas Workshop (3-4 September 2024) focused on identifying and fleshing out activities to help prepare for the designation of Area-based Management Tools (ABMTs), including Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), under the BBNJ. The context was set by the theme: It's time…

It's time for early, coordinated action towards effective implementation of Area-Based Management Tools (ABMT) in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (ABNJ) - IUCN High Seas Workshop (3-4 September 2024)

The IUCN World Heritage Outlook is the most comprehensive global assessment of World Heritage sites inscribed for their nature conservation values. Based on in-depth, evidence-based site assessments (Conservation Outlook Assessments), the World Heritage Outlook provides site managers, decision-…

With examples from Mediterranean Destinations

The Enhancing Our Heritage Toolkit 2.0 offers a self-assessment methodology to evaluate management effectiveness in a World Heritage property or other heritage places. 

To give structure to the plethora of IUCN tools and methodologies that can be applied in urban ecosystems, IUCN has developed the IUCN Urban Toolbox, a catalogue of knowledge products on urban biodiversity.

Climate change is a major driver and pressure acting on marine biodiversity and is an increasingly critical management consideration for Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (OECMs).