Drought does not arrive with the sudden force of a flood or storm. It builds quietly, in depleted soils, shrinking water ...

A new IUCN analysis of global land restoration achievements shows that over 124.3 million hectares are under restoration, ...

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 25 August 2026 — As countries look for practical ways to accelerate action across the three Rio Conventions, a high-level dialogue at the 17th session of the Conference of the ...

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, August 20, 2026 – At a reception at the 17th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), practitioners, ...

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia — IUCN welcomes CGIAR as the Gold Sponsor of the IUCN Pavilion at the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification Conference of the Parties (UNCCD COP17), currently ...

The IUCN Academy introduces the Professional Certificate on Nature for Cities, an advanced course tailored for professionals across various sectors designed to equip participants with the critical ...

At the front line of climate change, the ocean, the coastlines and coastal communities are being disproportionately impacted by increasing carbon dioxide (CO 2) and other greenhouse gas (GHG) ...

In 2021, IUCN launched the IUCN Flagship Report Series, to help demonstrate the importance of conserving nature for human well-being and all life on Earth. This report, the second in the series, ...

Increasing interest in measuring, modelling and valuing ecosystem services (ES), the benefits that ecosystems provide to people, has resulted in the development of an array of ES assessment tools in ...

As countries work to accelerate implementation of the Rio Conventions and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are emerging as one of the most effective approaches ...

Citizen science, also called community science, is a common term for a wide range of participatory practices involving scientific data collection and analysis. Citizen science is important for science ...

The Species Conservation Planning Project Inventory (SCPP) is a compilation of planning projects conducted or enabled by SSC Specialist Groups between 2012-present. Specialist Groups and conservation ...