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New IUCN guidance calls for ecological integrity to guide global biodiversity and climate action

October 2026. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has launched new guidance on how to successfully ...
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From global ambition to local action: IUCN President sets priorities ahead of COP17

Yerevan, Armenia – 19 October 2026. Ahead of the UN Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP17), IUCN President Razan Khalifa Al Mubarak called for faster implementation of global biodiversity commitments, ...
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Nearly half of reef-building coral species face elevated relative risk of extinction

Mombasa, Kenya, 15 October 2026 – A global reassessment of reef-building corals has found that 44% of species are threatened ...
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New FEBA brief calls for equity to be at the heart of ecosystem-based adaptation ahead of CBD COP17

As global leaders prepare for the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP17) in Yerevan, Armenia, a new brief from Friends of Ecosystem-based ...
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CBA-SCALE+ strengthens climate resilience and preparedness in 35 communities across Inhambane Province

The 2nd Participatory Scenario Planning (PSP) sessions were successfully conducted from 28 September to 7 October across communities in Vilankulo, Govuro, Mabote, and Inhassoro districts in Mozambique ...
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Indigenous Peoples

Across the globe, Indigenous Peoples manage significant areas of Earth’s most biodiverse regions as a core expression and part of their cultural identity and spiritual practices. The profound ...
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Search: SSC groups

Some groups address conservation issues related to particular groups of plants, fungi or animals while others focus on broader issues such as the reintroduction of species into former habitats, ...
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Blue carbon

The coastal ecosystems of mangroves, tidal marshes and seagrass meadows contain large stores of carbon deposited by vegetation and various natural processes over centuries. These ecosystems sequester ...
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Programme of IUCN Commission events at CBD COP17

Please see below the list of IUCN Commission events.
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IUCN welcomes International Court of Justice's historic climate change Advisory Opinion

Today, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered its Advisory Opinion on the obligations of States to protect the climate system. IUCN Director General Dr Grethel Aguilar addressing the ICJ ...
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IUCN Red List reveals world’s mammals in crisis

Barcelona, Spain, 6 October, 2008 (IUCN) – The most comprehensive assessment of the world’s mammals has confirmed an extinction crisis, with almost one in four at risk of disappearing forever, ...
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First-of-its-kind study shows conservation interventions are critical to halting and reversing biodiversity loss

A new study in the scientific journal Science provides the strongest evidence to date that not only is environmental conservation successful, but that scaling conservation interventions up would be ...