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IUCN Asia wraps up 2023 stakeholder engagement with International Partners Day
With more than twenty representatives from various organisations joining, the event also served as a timely opportunity to celebrate IUCN’s 75th anniversary. As a culmination of its stakeholder ...
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The Launch of Restoration Factory Program in Tanzania
IUCN in partnership with The Tanzania Vice Presidents Office, UNEP and Bridge for Billions has officially launched The Restoration Factory Incubation Program in Tanzania, an initiative aimed at ...
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The CBD Women’s Caucus - an example of shared leadership to advance gender equality within biodiversity policies
The Caucus’s model of collaborative action and diverse membership illustrates a transformative approach to leadership, where inclusivity and collective decision-making drive meaningful change. Their ...
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Indigenous Women’s Insights – Stewarding the Earth
In November, all along the busy maze of pavilion buildings in Sharm el Sheik, an estimated 45,000 people snaked along corridors hoping to inform crucial discussions surrounding climate policy at the ...
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Navigating blue horizons: Belize’s quest for marine excellence with the IUCN Green List
In the crystal-clear waters of Belize’s marine environment lies a challenge: how to ensure the effective conservation of marine biodiversity while ensuring sustainable financial and human capacities ...
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Inspiring places: why are national parks so important to the people of Kenya?
When Kenya’s first post-independence leader, Jomo Kenyatta, gazetted what is now known as Nairobi National Park for the exclusive use by wildlife, he had this to say: “The natural resources of this ...
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Conservation Strategy and Action Plan for the Talaud Bear Cuscus
The Talaud Bear Cuscus (Ailurops melanotis) is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species and protected under Indonesian law. The species’ geographic distribution is ...
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IUCN WCPA Freshwater Specialist Group
The Freshwater Specialist Group conducts research, conservation, and outreach to ensure the diversity of Earth’s freshwater ecosystems are represented in the global protected area network so their ...
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Food security policies : making the ecosystem connections
Ecosystem goods and services make critical contributions to food security by supporting the availability, access and use of foods, and by strengthening the stability of food systems. Ecosystem ...
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Guidelines for establishing marine protected areas
This text offers authoritative advice on the present day planning, policies and practices for marine protected areas. The Guidelines are intended primarily to help nations and states to establish ...
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Towards networks of marine protected areas : the MPA plan of action for IUCN's World Commission on Protected Areas
This Plan of Action has been developed by WCPA/Marine and partners around the world as a result of an extensive consultation process. It describes the added value that WCPA/Marine brings to the global ...
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Land degradation neutrality
In rangelands and grasslands, land degradation has an immediate and local impact by disrupting ecosystems from functioning, threatening livelihoods and negatively affecting social cohesion. It also ...