A new IUCN analysis of global land restoration achievements shows that over 124.3 million hectares are under restoration, ...

Citizen science, also called community science, is a common term for a wide range of participatory practices involving scientific data collection and analysis. Citizen science is important for science ...

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia — IUCN welcomes CGIAR as the Gold Sponsor of the IUCN Pavilion at the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification Conference of the Parties (UNCCD COP17), currently ...

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) congratulates Diego Mesa Puyo on his appointment as Chief Executive Officer and Chairperson of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and, as a ...

Nampula, 6 August 2026 — The Government of Mozambique and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) officially launched the Forest Landscape Restoration Hub Project – FLR Hub ...

Some groups address conservation issues related to particular groups of plants, fungi or animals while others focus on broader issues such as the reintroduction of species into former habitats, ...

Gender equality is a human right - a prerequisite for sustainable development and achieving IUCN’s mission. IUCN is committed to advancing gender equality, including through women’s empowerment, as a ...

The Ulaanbaatar Technical Dialogue is the first event in the 'Antalya Dialogue Series'—a series of country-led technical dialogues convened by the Türkiye COP31 Presidency, the G20 Global Land ...

Zhicong Zhao is an Associate Professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture, School of Architecture at Tsinghua University, and the Deputy Director of the Institute for National Parks, China.

Dr. Maggie Hunter is a Research Geneticist with the U.S. Geological Survey, a research branch of Department of Interior. She is the director of the Wetland and Aquatic Research Center Conservation ...

As climate change accelerates land degradation and intensifies droughts, floods and other extreme weather events, restoring ecosystems has become essential for building resilient communities and ...

‘Invasive species’ (often called pests, weeds and diseases) are plants, animals, disease agents and other organisms taken beyond their natural range by people, deliberately or unintentionally, and ...