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One quarter of freshwater animals at risk of extinction - IUCN Red List
The largest global assessment of freshwater animals on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ to date has revealed that 24% ...
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Strengthening biodiversity financing in Europe
With financial support from the European Commission, IUCN has launched a new project aimed at identifying Environmental Harmful Subsidies (EHS) and improving biodiversity financing in Belgium, Finland ...
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Building local capacity for sustainable fisheries management: some reflections
On November 29, 2024, IUCN and partners organised a workshop in Siem Reap to reflect and share experience on sustainable fisheries management. Over 90 participants (22 female), including ...
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2025 - A Year of Action for Glaciers
The Dragón de la Patagonia (Andiperla willinki) is, by most accounts, not very dragon-like. A 15mm long, non-flying plecopteran that resembles a bit of a lost and cold earwig, it doesn’t – fortunately ...
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IUCN Food and Agricultural Systems at UN CCD COP16
For the first time ever, the 2024 UN Convention to Combat Desertification (COP16) included an Agri-food Systems Day. Therefore, COP16 Riyadh was an important opportunity for IUCN’s Food and ...
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Exchange visit on mangrove friendly sustainable aquaculture in Ayeyarwady Delta
On November 18-22, 2024, as part of the SDC Gulf of Mottama Project, IUCN and MERN organised a visit to the Ayeyarwady Delta for 11 members of Community Forest (CF) Committees and Local Conservation ...
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IUCN CEC Honours Six Exceptional 2024 Regional Awardees
Around the world at the IUCN Regional Conservation Forums in 2024, the IUCN Commission on Education and Communication was proud to honour the exceptional contributions of six CEC Members through the ...
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Sustainable financing for community fisheries in Cambodia
These 516 CFis have a total of 332,168 members (35% female) and 4,497 elected CFi committee members (16% female). An assessment of CFi effectiveness conducted by the FiA in 2018 showed that only 9% of ...
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Innovate, Inspire, Impact: Youth-driven solutions for the Indian Himalayas
On the occasion of International Mountain Day (11 December), IUCN India organised an event titled ‘Youth for the Himalayas: Innovate, Inspire, Impact’ in collaboration with the G.B. Pant National ...
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The Restoration Initiative: 2023 Year in Review
Land degradation is a global challenge, impacting nearly 2 billion hectares of land used for agriculture, pasture, and forestry. Deforestation and land degradation pose significant threats to global ...
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Nature-based solutions for drought: Experts convene at UNCCD COP16 to examine how ecosystem restoration can benefit people and nature
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 7 December 2024 (IUCN) – As droughts become more frequent and intense, their ripple effects impact every aspect of life, creating an urgent demand for effective solutions that ...
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Costa Rica avanza en la conservación de su biodiversidad marino-costera con nuevo financiamiento del Fondo para el Medio Ambiente Mundial
El proyecto “Corredor Azul”, cuyo objetivo es la creación y gestión efectiva y sostenible de un corredor marino entre el Parque Nacional Cahuita y el Refugio Nacional de Vida Silvestre ...