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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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Global EbA Fund - Support for the Implementation and Upscaling of Ecosystem-based Adaptation

The Global EbA Fund is a catalytic funding mechanism for supporting innovative approaches to Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) to create enabling environments for its mainstreaming and scaling – to ...
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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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Canada's Accredited Zoos and Aquariums/ Aquariums et zoos accrédité du Canada

Canada's Accredited Zoos and Aquariums consists of over 30 of Canada’s leading zoos and aquariums; all of which have been inspected and found to meet or exceed the highest standards in all aspects of ...
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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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Four giraffe species officially recognised in major conservation reclassification – IUCN report

Windhoek, Namibia, 21 August 2025 (IUCN) – A groundbreaking assessment has officially recognised four distinct giraffe species, overturning previous classifications of the world’s tallest land mammal ...
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Plastics Treaty negotiations end without agreement in Geneva – yet many countries and stakeholders remain strongly engaged to end plastic pollution

The negotiations highlighted the urgent need for effective multilateralism to tackle plastic pollution across its full lifecycle. Since the landmark UN Environment Assembly Resolution 5/14 in 2022, ...
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Global Plastics Treaty talks hit setback: more than a plastic pollution crisis, latest Chair’s Text draft sparks dismay – yet there is still hope with one day left

IUCN expresses its disappointment in the 13 August 2025 Chair's Text, as it is a significant retreat from what could have been developed from the 1 December Chair’s Text and in negotiations this week ...
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Fifteen new local projects launched under the Kiwa Initiative to strengthen Pacific resilience through Nature-based Solution

The newly awarded projects are spread across ten Pacific Island countries and territories; New Caledonia, Fiji, Kiribati, Palau, Papua New Guinea, French Polynesia, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, ...
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The Centre for Species Survival Papua New Guinea is established as the first in the Pacific Islands in partnership with Port Moresby Nature Park

The IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), in partnership with Port Moresby Nature Park, officially announces the launch of the SSC Centre for Species Survival Papua New Guinea, the first in the ...
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The Big Cat Sanctuary Established as the World’s First Centre for Species Survival Partnership For Wild Cat Conservation Globally

Kent, UK - 19th August 2025 — In a major step forward for wild cat conservation, The Big Cat Sanctuary, in partnership with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Species Survival ...
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Empresas, finanzas y economía

Acerca de empresas, finanzas y economía Más de la mitad del PIB mundial está amenazado por la pérdida de naturaleza. Muchas empresas, desde microempresas en países en desarrollo hasta grandes ...