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IUCN at UN Climate Change Conference COP30

From 10 to 21 November 2025, IUCN will participate in the 30th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP30). The conference will ...
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WCPA Publications

Our vision is to support WCPA and the broader conservation community through the production of timely, high quality, accessible publications that provide solid guidance on the establishment and ...
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IUCN WCPA Awards

IUCN WCPA Awards Ceremony at the World Conservation Congress ...
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Unite for Nature : IUCN Members' Magazine

Named in recognition of the need to work together to create a just world that values and conserves nature. Throughout the pages, Unite for Nature shows you past successes, current activities and ...
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IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group

An estimated 37% of sharks, rays, and chimaeras are threatened with extinction according to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Our mission is to secure the conservation, management and, where ..
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Comprehensive update to the world’s biodiversity hotspots project begins

An international consortium today announced a major update to the world's biodiversity hotspots, funded by the Hempel Foundation. The two-year initiative aims to generate detailed scientific data to ...
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IUCN Commission for Environmental Management launches new guidance on rewilding

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 9 October 2025 (IUCN) – New guidelines on rewilding practice have been launched at the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2025. Evolving over many years, the guidelines ...
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IUCN pays tribute to Jane Goodall

Dr Jane Goodall, DBE, had been an active member of the Union for many decades. She was a long-standing member of the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), the world’s largest voluntary network of ...
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IUCN WCPA launches new publication on scaling up conservation

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 11 October 2025 (IUCN) – Today at the IUCN World Conservation Congress, the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) Large-Scale Conservation Area Task Force ...
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IUCN welcomes over 100 new Members at the 2025 World Conservation Congress in Abu Dhabi

More than 100 new Members joining IUCN this year were welcomed at the IUCN World Conservation Congress taking place in Abu Dhabi. Among the newest Members are six States: Armenia, Tajikistan, Marshall ...
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Join us at the Reimagining Conservation Pavilion: A home for transformative change at WCC

At the heart of this year’s IUCN World Conservation Congress (WCC), a bold and beautiful space invites us to pause, reflect, and re-think how we approach nature preservation: the Reimagining ...
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IUCN and APRIL launch five-year collaboration to advance conservation science in Indonesia and beyond

10 October, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and APRIL Group, a member of the RGE group of companies, today announced a five-year strategic ...