Use of and trade in wildlife is a fact of life for human society around the globe. Article IV of the CITES Convention requires that exporting countries restrict trade in Appendix II species to levels ...

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) opened an office in Rwanda in 2016 to support the Government of Rwanda in achieving its overall conservation and development objectives. Since ...

Over 6,000 animals, fungi and plants at risk of extinction are threatened by climate change and severe weather on The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™, across every region of the world. The Red ...

IMPORTANT: The following Declaration must be completed and signed by all bidders and must be submitted as part of the Proposal: ...

With two years already passed since the agreement of the historic Kunming-Montréal Global Biodiversity Framework, and 2030 only five years away, the stakes are high at this year's COP16 in Cali, ...

Luego de un exitoso proceso de negociación, el miércoles 25 de octubre de 2023, los Estados de Ecuador y Perú suscribieron el Reglamento de la Comisión Binacional para la Gestión Integrada de los ...

The 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), held in Cali, ...

Sports have a unique opportunity to address the nature crisis. IUCN has been working with key partners on developing the Sports for Nature Initiative to contribute to global efforts to halt and ...

The Talaud Bear Cuscus (Ailurops melanotis) is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species and protected under Indonesian law. The species’ geographic distribution is ...

Chilean Patagonia is today recognised as one of the greatest refuges of wild nature in the world. In recent decades, with the creation of national parks and marine reserves, the state has placed huge ...

When Kenya’s first post-independence leader, Jomo Kenyatta, gazetted what is now known as Nairobi National Park for the exclusive use by wildlife, he had this to say: “The natural resources of this ...

As the global coverage of protected areas increases, it is becoming more important to ensure that today's managers have the necessary qualifications and skills to effectively manage protected areas.