A groundbreaking assessment has officially recognised four distinct giraffe species, overturning previous classifications of the world’s tallest land mammal as a single species. The taxonomic review, ...

Kent, UK - 19th August 2025 — In a major step forward for wild cat conservation, The Big Cat Sanctuary, in partnership with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Species Survival ...

From 15-17 July and 23-24 July 2025, IUCN Cambodia, in partnership with the Fisheries Administration (FiA) and the Department of Coastal and Marine Area Conservation of the Ministry of Environment, ...

Saint Vincent, August 14, 2025. From August 12–14, 2025, stakeholders across government, private sector, civil society, and academia came together in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines for a series of ...

For this young woman from Pangani, an international exhibition defines as “life-changing” to her and her community business group.

Nairobi, Kenya — The Great Blue Wall Initiative today announced the launch of the Great Blue Wall Fellowship 2025–26, a transformative year-long leadership and advocacy programme designed to equip ...

Today, on International Youth Day, the United Nations’ office at Geneva, the Palais des Nations is alive with calls for courage, inclusion, and ambition as youth from around the world press ...

The Tonle Sap Lake—Cambodia’s freshwater treasure—sustains the lives and livelihoods of millions of people. But it faces growing pressures: years of overfishing, weak law enforcement, loss of flooded ...

As a part of GEF IW project “Fostering Water and Environmental Security in the Neun/Ca and Ma Transboundary River Basins and Related Coastal Areas”, implemented by FAO, executed by IUCN and government ...

The second session of the Preparatory Commission for the Conference of the Parties to the Agreement under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine ...

IUCN has been a strong advocate for the protection of the High Seas since early 2000, through its Members and Commissions. Its involvement in the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) ...

Recent major international reports have highlighted the alarming impact of food production systems on climate change, land and biodiversity. This report shows that common ground between the ...