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Across eight Amazon countries, forests on Indigenous lands reduce spread of 27 diseases - Peer-reviewed study

The first study of its kind, led by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), gathered data from 1,733 municipalities representing more than 74% of the Amazon to find that forests on ...
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Morocco adopts its first national strategy for the conservation of birds of prey

The IUCN and the Agence Nationale des Eaux et Forêts (National Water and Forestry Agency) are launching a national strategy for the conservation of birds of prey in Tangier, along with an action plan ...
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Invasive Alien Species

Preventing the introduction of invasive alien species and managing their impacts is essential to halting biodiversity loss. This issue is also critical to human health, food security, livelihoods and ...
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Disaster risk reduction

Climate change is increasing the frequency, intensity and magnitude of hazards, impacting vulnerability of human communities and changing exposure patterns. Environmental degradation contributes to ...
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IUCN WCPA Marine Thematic Group

IUCN WCPA Marine Theme - the world’s premier network of Marine Protected Area (MPA) expertise. Fabrice Stephenson is a marine ecologist at Newcastle University and a thematic Vice Chair for the WCPA ...
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Environmental Governance

In Oceania, millions of people are directly dependent upon nature’s bounties for their daily food, housing and medicine. Good environmental governance will ensure the environment continues to provide ...
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Green, Just Energy Transition

The Green, Just Energy Transition is more than a shift from fossil fuels to renewables—it’s a commitment to doing so in ways ...
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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 ...
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African elephant species now Endangered and Critically Endangered - IUCN Red List

The African forest elephant (loxodonta cyclotis) is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. The species occurs in the tropical forests of Central Africa, and a range of habitats in West ...
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A third of sharks, rays, and chimaeras are threatened with extinction, as new report narrows in on solutions

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has released a report, Global Status of Sharks, Rays and Chimaeras, that highlights new knowledge compiled by 353 experts from 115 countries ...
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A grain of hope in the desert

The regal Arabian Oryx (Oryx leucoryx), which was hunted to near extinction, is now facing a more secure future according to the latest update of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Its wild ...
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IUCN Director General’s open letter to ISA Members on deep-sea mining

Dear Members of the International Seabed Authority, In September 2021 at the IUCN World Conservation Congress, IUCN Member States, civil society and Indigenous organisations overwhelmingly voted in ...