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IUCN statement to the 47th Session of the World Heritage Committee
IUCN Director General Dr Grethel Aguilar delivered IUCN's statement to the 47th session of the World Heritage Committee, at ...
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Nature-based Solutions for Climate Adaptation and Mitigation
Nature-based Solutions can help address these concerns through the multiple services provided by ecosystems in term of adaptation (water management, adaptation to disaster risks, support to ...
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High Seas Biodiversity Treaty Policy Brief - resource | IUCN
This introductory brief's target audience is professionals from governments, civil society, private sector, and other stakeholders who know multilateral processes and treaties but are not “ BBNJ ...
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EU Policy - IUCN
Our presence in Brussels is particularly crucial as it enables IUCN to inform policy-making in collaboration with EU institutions and key stakeholders, and to connect with Members and partners across ...
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Green Cities for Climate and Water Resilience, Sustainable Economic Growth, Healthy Citizens and Environments (GROW GREEN) - IUCN
GROWGREEN will provide the basis for a step change in the way that NBS are embedded in the long-term planning, development, operation and management of cities around the world. The project outputs… ...
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47th session of the World Heritage Committee
The 47th session of the World Heritage Committee opens on Sunday, 6 July 2025, at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France. Over ...
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IUCN key messages at the 47th session of the World Heritage Committee
The UNESCO World Heritage Convention is among the most widely accepted international conservation treaties, ratified today by ...
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USD $42 million programme launched for primary forests in Southeast Asia and the Pacific
The Southeast Asia and the Pacific Forests Integrated Program will bolster the health and connectivity of primary forests across the region for biodiversity, climate benefits and sustainable ...
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Protecting the irreplaceable: Mexico and Central America join forces to conserve critical forest biomes with a major US$65 million GEF investment
The Mesoamerica Critical Forest Biomes Integrated Program, implemented by IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) with funding from the Global Environment Facility (GEF), aims to reverse ...
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IUCN and AECID launch the Tamkeen project to empower Mediterranean communities and promote climate resilience
The IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation and the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), through its Masar al'an programme, have started activities in the frame of the ...
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IUCN Champions Marine Conservation Across Asia at Global Ocean Conferences
In a continued mission to protect the ocean and its life-sustaining resources across Asia, IUCN played an active role at two major global gatherings for ocean action – the 10th Our Ocean Conference ...
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Exploring untapped potential: Expo City Dubai to become home for the first IUCN SSC Centre for Species Survival focused on Fungi Conservation - News | IUCN
Dubai, 24 June 2025 – Expo City Dubai, in partnership with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Species Survival Commission (SSC), have established the world’s first Centre for ...