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Glitz, Glamour, and the IUCN Green List: Celebrating conservation success at COP16
The 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), held in Cali, Colombia, from October 21 to November 1, 2024, marked a significant moment for ...
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Gender Equality: A Strategy for Conserving Coastal Biodiversity in Central America
IUCN, with support from USAID, is implementing a conservation project in sites of high coastal biodiversity in Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, with a focus on social inclusion, to strengthen ...
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Rivers are Connected. Actions to Protect Them Must Be Connected Too
The health of freshwater systems is core to the health of surrounding landscapes — but not nearly enough is being done to ...
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Útila spiny-tailed iguana (Ctenosaura bakeri)
The Útila spiny-tailed iguana, Ctenosaura bakeri (Stejneger, 1901), is a Critically Endangered iguana endemic to the island of Útila, in the Bay Islands archipelago of Honduras. The species occurs ...
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Kiwa grantee inspires rangers at World Ranger Congress in Fiji
Rangers play an important role in protecting the planet's natural resources and biodiversity. They work tirelessly to safeguard national parks, wildlife, and ecosystems, ensuring that these areas ...
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Empowering action: IUCN Pakistan provides training for small grant recipients
These grant recipients were selected through a rigorous call for proposals process, moderated by the National Coordinating Body (NCB) of IUCN Pakistan. The NCB represents an array of institutions ...
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IUCN marks 60th anniversary of Red List with year-long campaign to accelerate species assessments
Hundreds of leaders, experts, partners, and supporters of the International Union for Conservation of Nature gathered on the sidelines of the Sixteenth Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention ...
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IUCN celebrates 10 impactful years of tiger conservation with new report
A new report from IUCN’s Integrated Tiger Habitat Conservation Programme (ITHCP) highlights a decade of transformative efforts to protect one of the world’s most iconic species. Today at the Sixteenth ...
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A decade of collective action: securing a future for tigers and their habitats
A century ago, over 100,000 tigers roamed the wild. Today, only around 4,500 remain. As we launch the "10 Years of Tiger Conservation Action" IUCN report, we reflect on a decade of progress that has ...
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Wings of hope: A transboundary conservation success for the white-rumped vulture
In April 2024, a critically endangered white-rumped vulture, approximately five years old, was found in a vulnerable state in Khalishpur, Khulna, Bangladesh. Dehydrated and malnourished, the vulture ...
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A(n Expiring) Youth’s Reflections on the 8th IUCN Asia Regional Conservation Forum
Adrian Dwiputra, the Young Professional Focal Point for the IUCN CEESP South to East Asia Region I was privileged to participate in the 8 th IUCN Asia Regional Conservation Forum (RCF) held in Bangkok ...
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The Pact for the Future and the Environment: A marriage of convenience or of conviction?
“IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, welcomes the Pact for the Future as a renewed commitment to multilateralism by State members, although we regret the fact that the Pact has ...