As the carbon dioxide level in the atmosphere rises, an increasing amount of the gas is absorbed by the ocean, making it more acidic. Both the academic challenge as well as the practical urgency to ...

Specialist Group work The ISSG promotes and facilitates the exchange of invasive species information and knowledge across the globe and ensures the linkage between knowledge, practice and policy so ...

Cities are home to 4.4 billion people — well over half of humanity. This figure is projected to reach 6.7 billion by 2050. Rapid and uncontrolled urbanisation brings dramatic environmental change, ...

The World Heritage Committee, at its 47th session currently taking place in Paris, France, has decided to remove the ...

IUCN Director General Dr Grethel Aguilar delivered IUCN's statement to the 47th session of the World Heritage Committee, at ...

IUCN invites organizations, individuals, philanthropists, businesses, and governments to help protect our planet’s natural wonders for current and future generations. You can help us in our mission in ...

Nature-based Solutions can help address these concerns through the multiple services provided by ecosystems in term of adaptation (water management, adaptation to disaster risks, support to ...

Governance is now recognised as a critical determinant of the social equity, effectiveness and sustainability of natural resource use and conservation. Improving natural resource governance, including ...

La force et le mandat de l’UICN proviennent de la diversité et de la portée de ses Membres. Plus de 1 400 organisations Membres déterminent démocratiquement la vision de l’Union, et comment y parvenir ...

The sea below 200 meters depth accounts for 95% of the volume of the ocean, making it the largest habitat for life on Earth. Though it is perpetually cold, generally dark, and subject to extreme ...

As the World Heritage Convention celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2022, over 1100 sites around the world are recognized as World Heritage - places that are so valuable to humanity that there ...

The high amount of land used for cultivation and livestock farming has dramatically shaped landscapes in Europe and throughout the rest of the world. Agriculture is a fundamental human activity that ...