On Wednesday 20 May the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a landmark resolution backing the findings of the ...

About Nature-based Solutions Nature-based Solutions address societal challenges through actions to protect, sustainably manage, and restore natural and modified ecosystems, benefiting people and ...

This policy brief highlights the overlooked grassy ecosystems of Madagascar and presents a case for their role in Forest Landscape Restoration as a critical component of the landscape mosaic. The ...

Communities around the world are already experiencing the impacts of climate change through Loss and Damage (L&D). Beyond economic losses, these impacts include the degradation of biodiversity, ...

The IUCN Programme 2026-2029 lays out specific goals and targets with the aim to achieve three impacts: Biodiversity (ecosystems, species and genetic diversity) has been effectively conserved, ...

Geraldine Werhahn (Ph.D.) is a wildlife biologist and conservationist dedicated to every element of the natural world. Her special interest are carnivores and their function in maintaining healthy ...

Caroline is a biologist, working with ecology and conservation. She got her Ph.D. at the Ecology program of the Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA), in Manaus, Amazon state, and her Master’s in ...

Every year, millions of tons of plastic end up in our ocean and rivers. However, plastics are only one type of pollution driving the decline in the health of our global ocean.

According to the Emergency Events Database, in the last ten years, over 730,000 people have lost their lives, over 1.9 million have been injured, and around 15 million have been made homeless as a ...

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 ...

Gland, Switzerland, 27 August 2025 – All eight recognised pangolin species remain at high risk of extinction due to overexploitation and habitat loss, but the absence of updated population estimates ...

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 ...