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One quarter of freshwater animals at risk of extinction - IUCN Red List
The largest global assessment of freshwater animals on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ to date has revealed that 24% ...
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2025 - A Year of Action for Glaciers
The Dragón de la Patagonia (Andiperla willinki) is, by most accounts, not very dragon-like. A 15mm long, non-flying plecopteran that resembles a bit of a lost and cold earwig, it doesn’t – fortunately ...
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Building local capacity for sustainable fisheries management: some reflections
On November 29, 2024, IUCN and partners organised a workshop in Siem Reap to reflect and share experience on sustainable fisheries management. Over 90 participants (22 female), including ...
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Exchange visit on mangrove friendly sustainable aquaculture in Ayeyarwady Delta
On November 18-22, 2024, as part of the SDC Gulf of Mottama Project, IUCN and MERN organised a visit to the Ayeyarwady Delta for 11 members of Community Forest (CF) Committees and Local Conservation ...
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Sustainable financing for community fisheries in Cambodia
These 516 CFis have a total of 332,168 members (35% female) and 4,497 elected CFi committee members (16% female). An assessment of CFi effectiveness conducted by the FiA in 2018 showed that only 9% of ...
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IUCN CEC Honours Six Exceptional 2024 Regional Awardees
Around the world at the IUCN Regional Conservation Forums in 2024, the IUCN Commission on Education and Communication was proud to honour the exceptional contributions of six CEC Members through the ...
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Innovate, Inspire, Impact: Youth-driven solutions for the Indian Himalayas
On the occasion of International Mountain Day (11 December), IUCN India organised an event titled ‘Youth for the Himalayas: Innovate, Inspire, Impact’ in collaboration with the G.B. Pant National ...
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Search: WCPA groups
Themes and Groups (including Working Groups, Specialist Groups, and Task Forces) are the main constituent units of the Commission, gathering members with similar expertise and concern. They provide ...
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Managing mangroves for resilience to climate change
Building resilience into mangrove conservation plans requires an understanding of how mangroves will respond to climate changes, what factors help them survive these changes, and, consequently, which ...
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Sawfish : a global strategy for conservation
Authors: Harrison, Lucy R., Dulvy, Nicholas K., ...
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Innovative climate-with-biodiversity-positive projects to receive boost as WALD Innovation Facility reaches out with first call for proposals
In rewarding news, the just-launched WALD Innovation Facility has put all prospective Nature-and-Climate-positive projects on notice with its first call for concepts/proposals needing funding. The ...
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EXPLAINER: The International Court of Justice considers climate change
What are these proceedings about? In short, they are about the legal obligations countries have to protect the climate, and, should they fail to comply with them, whether they could face any legal ...