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A groundbreaking assessment has officially recognised four distinct giraffe species, overturning previous classifications of the world’s tallest land mammal as a single species. The taxonomic review, ...
Kent, UK - 19th August 2025 — In a major step forward for wild cat conservation, The Big Cat Sanctuary, in partnership with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Species Survival ...
The systemic transformation we aim at can only be achieved through changing the behaviours, practices and performance of key stakeholders in the food and agricultural systems. Producers, corporates, ...
IUCN has been a strong advocate for the protection of the High Seas since early 2000, through its Members and Commissions. Its involvement in the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) ...
The second session of the Preparatory Commission for the Conference of the Parties to the Agreement under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine ...
Nairobi, Kenya — The Great Blue Wall Initiative today announced the launch of the Great Blue Wall Fellowship 2025–26, a transformative year-long leadership and advocacy programme designed to equip ...
For this young woman from Pangani, an international exhibition defines as “life-changing” to her and her community business group.
Tanzania is taking a decisive step toward uniting its growing network of community led blue economy enterprises under one national platform. In collaboration with the Government of Tanzania, the ...
At the IUCN World Conservation Congress held in Marseille, France in September 2021, IUCN’s Members passed WCC-2020-Res-034 “Ecological Integrity in the post-2020 global biodiversity framework”.
Ethics The IUCN WCEL Ethics Specialist Group is a global network of practitioners and scholars from across disciplines seeking to (1) highlight the ethical issues in biodiversity conservation and ...
On December 27, 2024, the Royal University of Agriculture (RUA) and the Fisheries Action Coalition Team (FACT) organised a national forum on climate-smart agriculture (CSA) and its role in building ...
The Tonle Sap Lake—Cambodia’s freshwater treasure—sustains the lives and livelihoods of millions of people. But it faces growing pressures: years of overfishing, weak law enforcement, loss of flooded ...