Nairobi, January 2026 – With support from Denmark, IUCN, in partnership with UNEP and the UNEP-DHI Centre, and in collaboration with the governments of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda have launched the ...
The European Commission released its Strategic Framework for a Competitive and Sustainable EU Bioeconomy in November 2025, building from the previous 2012 Bioeconomy Strategy and its following reviews ...
The Coral Triangle is the global epicentre of marine biodiversity, providing critical ecosystem services that underpin food security, livelihoods, and climate resilience for millions of people. Yet ...
*2025-12-02: TERMINOS DE REFERENCIA - Apoyo Técnico para la Identificación y Delimitación de Áreas Clave para la Biodiversidad (KBA) en España. Fecha y hora de cierre: 28 diciembre de 2025, 12:00 (CET ...
The Green Agenda for the Western Balkans, signed in Sofia in 2020, sets out a shared commitment to sustainability across five pillars, including the Nature and Biodiversity Pillar, which focuses on ...
The BEFoRE (Benefits from Restoration) project led by IUCN in collaboration with the University of São Paulo (USP) and Iceland University, is an ambitious initiative funded by the Alcoa Foundation ...
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 ...
Barcelona, Spain, 6 October, 2008 (IUCN) – The most comprehensive assessment of the world’s mammals has confirmed an extinction crisis, with almost one in four at risk of disappearing forever, ...
The regal Arabian Oryx (Oryx leucoryx), which was hunted to near extinction, is now facing a more secure future according to the latest update of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Its wild ...
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 ...
The African forest elephant (loxodonta cyclotis) is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. The species occurs in the tropical forests of Central Africa, and a range of habitats in West ...
The IUCN Red List now includes 147,517 species, of which 41,459 are threatened with extinction. “Today’s Red List update highlights the fragility of nature’s wonders, such as the unique spectacle of ...