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"IUCN expresses solidarity with everyone impacted by the Brumadinho tailings dam collapse.” Photo: (c) IUCN

Statement by IUCN Director General on the Brumadinho tailings dam collapse in Brazil
30.01.2019
Corals at Ras Mohammed National Park, Egypt Photo: mindgrow [CC BY-SA 2-0]. from flickr

IUCN lists 15 new sites as world’s best protected areas
24.11.2018
Photo: IUCN Photo Library / © Imène Meliane

Report shows 15% of terrestrial and 7% of marine areas now covered by protected areas
18.11.2018
Photo: Aqqa Rosing-Asvid (CC BY 2.0)

Fin Whale, Mountain Gorilla recovering thanks to conservation action – IUCN Red List
14.11.2018
Photo: IUCN

IUCN deeply alarmed at capital offence charge against Iran conservationists
26.10.2018
IUCN Director General Inger Andersen Photo: IUCN/Alessia Iovinelli

Nature’s contribution to sustainable development takes centre stage in Geneva
23.10.2018
Photo: IUCN

IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas Chair Dr Kathy MacKinnon wins top conservation prize
11.10.2018
Warming temperatures are causing the Wiñay Wayna Orchid to move up mountain slopes, reducing their population size. Photo: Wendy Foden

Escalating climate change impacts on species prompt IUCN review of emerging field
11.10.2018
Photo: Scanrail1/Shutterstock.com

IUCN launches global alliance for greener cities
24.09.2018
Photo: @Joshua Stevens/NASA Earth Observatory

Rio Doce Panel report outlines critical gaps and measures for region’s long-term restoration
24.09.2018
The World Leaders’ Conservation Forum (WLCF) 2018 will take place in Jeju from 3-5 October. Photo: WLCF/IUCN

Conservation for peace, sustainable use and next generations the focus of World Leaders’ Conservation Forum
14.09.2018
Fontainebleau chateau Photo: shogunangel / CC2.0

IUCN and France to celebrate IUCN's 70th anniversary in Fontainebleau
24.08.2018
Rustam Sagitov Photo: Baltic Fund for Nature

Dr Rustam Sagitov, one of Russia’s great nature conservationists
20.08.2018
Photo: NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, Galapagos Rift Expedition 2011

Draft mining regulations insufficient to protect the deep sea – IUCN report
16.07.2018
Photo: © Stewart MacDonald

Australia’s reptiles threatened by invasive species, climate change – IUCN Red List
05.07.2018
Photo: IUCN / Davis Sheppard

Yemen urged to halt damaging activities in Socotra Archipelago, as advised by IUCN
02.07.2018
Photo: IUCN Goran Gujic

Lake Turkana listed as ‘in danger’ due to impacts from dam, as advised by IUCN
28.06.2018
Oil palm plantation in Sabah, Malaysia Photo: HUTAN KOCP

Saying ‘no’ to palm oil would likely displace, not halt biodiversity loss – IUCN report
26.06.2018
The "Blue Hole" in the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System Photo: IUCN / Elena Osipova

Second largest reef on Earth off ‘danger list’, following IUCN’s advice
26.06.2018
Photo: IUCN / Ismail Mohammed

IUCN advises in-danger status for Yemen’s Socotra Archipelago World Heritage site
18.06.2018
Summer mountain pasture in the Pyrenees; sustainable grazing can help conserve healthy, biodiverse soils Photo: Myrabella CC3.0

To feed future generations, countries must invest in living soils
15.06.2018
Asian Small-Clawed Otters - listed as Vulnerable to extinction on The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Photo: Nicole Duplaix

Southeast Asia's appetite for pet otters supplied online
08.06.2018
Marine life faces growing threats from plastic entering the world's oceans. Photo: Jedimentat44 CC2.0

IUCN Director General’s statement for World Environment Day and World Oceans Day 2018
05.06.2018
Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System - the Blue Hole Photo: IUCN / Elena Osipova

World Heritage in-danger: Belize reef recovers while Lake Turkana faces dam threat – IUCN
28.05.2018
Photo: IUCN

IUCN expresses shock at shooting of 11 environmental protesters in south India
23.05.2018

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