The search has officially begun for the Host Country of the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2029 – recognised as the world’s largest and most influential gathering focused on nature conservation and ...

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has approved US$1,258,700 for a new initiative led by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in Senegal. The initiative aims to support ...

Nature-based solutions – based on the protection, restoration and sustainable management of the world’s ecosystems - have the potential to provide up to 30% of climate mitigation required to meet the ...

A new publication developed jointly by the IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation (IUCN Med) and the IUCN Nature-based Solutions (NbS) Global Programme within the Horizon 2020 REST-COAST project ...

Some groups address conservation issues related to particular groups of plants, fungi or animals while others focus on broader issues such as the reintroduction of species into former habitats, ...

Cathy became co--chair of the IUCN SSC Flamigo Specialist Group (FSG) in 2017 and chair in 2022. Because of their beauty and popularity flamingos serve as a particularly effective ambassador for ...

The Species Conservation Planning Project Inventory (SCPP) is a compilation of planning projects conducted or enabled by SSC Specialist Groups between 2012-present. Specialist Groups and conservation ...

The high degree of specialization that the cats have acquired during their evolution makes them vulnerable to environmental changes; 45 % of the 38 cat species are threatened. The IUCN SSC Cat ... I ...

The 3rd, 4th and 5th Bureau meetings held, respectively on 6, 16 and 18 May 2022 focused on preparations for the 107th Council meeting. The outcomes were reported to Council during an in-camera ...

The Freshwater Challenge (FWC) is a country-led initiative that aims to support, integrate and accelerate the restoration of 300,000 km of degraded rivers and 350 million hectares of degraded wetlands ...

My area of research focuses on common hippo foraging behavior and population dynamics in response to changing environmental conditions. I have a particular interest in hippo telemetry. My current ...

The TFTSG provides expertise and science-based recommendations with conservation relevance covering all species of freshwater and terrestrial turtles and tortoises. The TFTSG is the recognized global ...