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Q&A: IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Corals Assessment
The reassessment of the world’s warm-water reef-building coral species has revealed that 44% are threatened with extinction.
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IUCN Director General's statement on COP16 of the Convention on Biological Diversity
COP16 has made its mark. Hailed as the biggest biodiversity COP ever, with a record number of delegates (around 23,000), a ...
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Glitz, Glamour, and the IUCN Green List: Celebrating conservation success at COP16
The 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), held in Cali, ...
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IUCN at UN Climate Change Conference COP29
From 11 to 22 November 2024, IUCN will participate in the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations ...
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IUCN SSC Crane Specialist Group
Cranes are among the most endangered families of birds in the world, with eleven of the fifteen species threatened with extinction. The IUCN SSC Crane Specialist Group is dedicated to promoting the ..
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Application of Restoration Opportunities Assessment Methodology (ROAM) in Asia
Authors: Jia, Li, Merten, Jake, Burke, George, Mumford, Elaine C., ...
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Freshwater key biodiversity areas in the Mediterranean basin hotspot
While the Mediterranean basin biodiversity hotspot is well known for its globally important biodiversity, its freshwater biodiversity has not been as widely recognized for its importance. Through this ...
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Launch of New Working Paper: Advancing Human Rights-based Approached to Target 3 Implementation
Self-selected individuals in the Human Rights and Biodiversity Working Group (HRBWG) and participants in the International Expert Workshop on Advancing Rights and Equity in Conservation (Nanyuki, ...
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Rivers are Connected. Actions to Protect Them Must Be Connected Too
The health of freshwater systems is core to the health of surrounding landscapes — but not nearly enough is being done to factor it into how protected and conserved areas are designed and managed.
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The plastic pollution crisis
Plastics only began to be produced in large quantities following the second world war – but plastic pollution has since become one of the most serious threats humanity faces. By 2015, 60% of all ...