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USD $42 million programme launched for primary forests in Southeast Asia and the Pacific
The Southeast Asia and the Pacific Forests Integrated Program will bolster the health and connectivity of primary forests across the region for biodiversity, climate benefits and sustainable ...
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Protecting the irreplaceable: Mexico and Central America join forces to conserve critical forest biomes with a major US$65 million GEF investment
The Mesoamerica Critical Forest Biomes Integrated Program, implemented by IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) with funding from the Global Environment Facility (GEF), aims to reverse ...
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Unite for Nature, Issue 5 - IUCN
We're excited to bring you the fifth edition of Unite for Nature, the magazine created for IUCN Members. This publication highlights the strength of working together to create a fair and sustainable ...
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BRIDGE in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna river basins (BRIDGE GBM)
Project title: Building River Dialogue and Governance for civil society organisations in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna river basins (BRIDGE GBM) Location: Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna River Basins ...
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47th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting - events | IUCN
The 47th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM) and the 27th Meeting of the Committee for Environmental Protection will take place from 23 June until 3 July 2025 in Milan (Italy). A workshop on ...
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Commissions Group | IUCN
Themes and Groups (including Working Groups, Specialist Groups, and Task Forces) are the main constituent units of the Commission, gathering members with similar expertise and concern. They provide ...
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An introduction to the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems
This introductory guide draws on a number of key IUCN Red List of Ecosystems (RLE) papers, case studies and background documents to provide a practical introduction to the RLE. It targets those who ...
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IUCN Director General’s open letter to ISA Members on deep-sea mining
The IUCN Congress is the world’s largest and most inclusive environmental decision-making forum. Now, with the first deep-sea mining operations looming, IUCN urges ISA Members to uphold the global ...
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Using AI and machine learning to advance nature conservation efforts - IUCN
Predicting threats Other applications can take data from existing or past conservation work and use it to make predictions about habitats or species that have not yet been studied or assessed. For ...
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More than half of all mangrove ecosystems at risk of collapse by 2050, first global assessment finds - IUCN
This is the first time an ecosystem group has been assessed entirely across the planet using the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems – a global standard for measuring the health of ecosystems. Released today ...
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Borneo elephants now classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List
The Asian elephant is one of three elephant species alive today – the other two are the African savanna and forest elephants. With an estimated 40,000 animals surviving in the wild, spread across 13 ...
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EXPLAINER: The International Court of Justice considers climate change - IUCN
What are these proceedings about? In short, they are about the legal obligations countries have to protect the climate, and, should they fail to comply with them, whether they could face any legal ...