Plastics only began to be produced in large quantities following the second world war – but plastic pollution has since become one of the most serious threats humanity faces. By 2015, 60% of all ...

Data, analysis, convening and action.

IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) was established on 5 October 1948 in the French town of Fontainebleau. As the first global environmental union, we brought together governments ...

This year, the World Environment Day 2024 was marked by significant global efforts to promote environmental restoration and sustainability. IUCN Pakistan celebrated this day by inaugurating two ...

A Batak indigenous woman is planting crops in her field near my father’s village. We chat. The lady, who happens to be a distant aunt, has lived in the Tapanuli region with her extended family near ...

With more than twenty representatives from various organisations joining, the event also served as a timely opportunity to celebrate IUCN’s 75th anniversary. As a culmination of its stakeholder ...

Estos magníficos y prístinos paisajes albergan cientos de especies de aves, mamíferos, reptiles, peces, plantas y hongos, que prosperan en los bosques, humedales, glaciares y en los innumerables ...

When Kenya’s first post-independence leader, Jomo Kenyatta, gazetted what is now known as Nairobi National Park for the exclusive use by wildlife, he had this to say: “The natural resources of this ...

This sixth edition of the Global Reintroduction Perspectives provides 59 case studies covering invertebrates, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals and plants.We hope the information presented ...

Tarantulas and the common-orb-weaver, represent two of the more recognizable suborders of spiders (mygalomorphs and araneomorphs respectively), but there is a third suborder that is basal to these two ...

This publication is intended to raise awareness amongst all stakeholders and galvanise wider action to boost drylands conservation and development. The book is designed to inform and remind us of the ...

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