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GEF approves US$1.26 million for a new IUCN initiative in Senegal’s Niokolo-Koba National Park

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has approved US$1,258,700 for a new initiative led by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in Senegal. The initiative aims to support ...
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Advancing coastal restoration in Europe through the IUCN Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions

A new publication developed jointly by the IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation (IUCN Med) and the IUCN Nature-based Solutions (NbS) Global Programme within the Horizon 2020 REST-COAST project ...
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Search: SSC groups

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, ...
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The Freshwater Challenge: Accelerating Restoration and Conservation of Freshwater

The Freshwater Challenge (FWC) is a country-led initiative that aims to support, integrate and accelerate the restoration of 300,000 km of degraded rivers and 350 million hectares of degraded wetlands ...
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Council and Bureau Documents 2021-2025

This page contains the documents relating to the meetings of the IUCN Council and its Bureau held during the 2021–2025 quadrennial.
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Almost half of European freshwater fishes at risk of extinction, new IUCN Red List reveals

The updated European Red List of Freshwater Fishes – the most comprehensive assessment in 15 years – reveals little evidence of species recovery and calls for urgent action to protect Europe’s aquatic ...
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Recovery of the Iberian lynx: A conservation success in Spain

In a combined effort to protect Mediterranean biodiversity, the recovery of the Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) stands out as a major conservation achievement. At the regional level, the IUCN Centre for ...
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IUCN Red List Update: Global Impacts, Regional Statuses, and the Way Forward

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ now includes 169,420 species, of which 47,187 are threatened with extinction, according to the latest assessment. "Fungi are the unsung heroes of life on Earth ...
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More than one in three tree species worldwide faces extinction - IUCN Red List

Cali, Colombia, 28 October 2024 (IUCN) – Thirty-eight per cent of the world’s trees are at risk of extinction according to the first Global Tree Assessment, published in today’s update of the IUCN Red ...
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First-of-its-kind study shows conservation interventions are critical to halting and reversing biodiversity loss

A new study in the scientific journal Science provides the strongest evidence to date that not only is environmental conservation successful, but that scaling conservation interventions up would be ...
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Sturgeon more critically endangered than any other group of species

Eighty five percent of sturgeon, one of the oldest families of fishes in existence, valued around the world for their precious roe, are at risk of extinction, making them the most threatened group of ...
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Scaling Up Pangolin Conservation Like Never Before

Saturday 17 th February 2018 is World Pangolin Day and the 6 th birthday of the IUCN SSC Pangolin Specialist Group, also known as the Pangolin SG. World Pangolin Day provides a perfect opportunity to ...