After a ten-day marathon meeting - with only the French National Holiday (on the 14th July), and its amazing fireworks to take a rest - the 47th Session of the World Heritage Committee closed in Paris ...

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

The World Heritage Committee, at its 47th session currently taking place in Paris, France, has decided to remove the Rainforests of the Atsinanana in Madagascar from the list of World Heritage in ...

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the French government have commemorated 20 years of partnership with a high-level event marking two decades of joint action for nature and ...

These guidelines are designed to be applicable to the full spectrum of conservation translocations. They are based on principle rather than example and are designed to provide guidance on the ...

The mission of our IUCN SSC Firefly Specialist Group is to identify and work to conserve threatened firefly species around the world. Specific goals are to: assess Red List status for 2000+ firefly ...

Coral reefs harbour the highest biodiversity of any ecosystem globally and directly support over 500 million people worldwide, mostly in poor countries. They are among the most threatened ecosystems ...

The aim of this technical note is to raise awareness of the challenges and solutions for monitoring ecosystem restoration in and around protected and conserved areas, and to assist restoration ...

Blue carbon is the carbon stored in coastal and marine ecosystems. Coastal ecosystems such as mangroves, tidal marshes and seagrass meadows sequester and store more carbon per unit area than ...

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 ...

Young people are the future. We need their help and engagement, their unique perspectives and fresh ideas as well as their expertise to address the global challenges humanity is facing. This new IUCN ...

The collection and dissemination of information about nature conservation has been at the heart of IUCN since its founding in 1948, with the collections of the IUCN Library predating IUCN itself. The ...