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IUCN Asia Regional Conservation Forum convenes in Thailand to ‘reimagine conservation’
Asia Regional Conservation Forum (RCF) opened today in Bangkok, Thailand, bringing together almost 600 conservation leaders ...
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Gender Equality: A Strategy for Conserving Coastal Biodiversity in Central America
IUCN, with support from USAID, is implementing a conservation project in sites of high coastal biodiversity in Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, with a focus on social inclusion, to strengthen ...
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Wildlife in a changing climate
Over 6,000 animals, fungi and plants at risk of extinction are threatened by climate change and severe weather on The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™, across every region of the world. The Red ...
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Kawésqar Wæs - Chilean Patagonia's greatest wilderness is a home
Chilean Patagonia is today recognised as one of the greatest refuges of wild nature in the world. In recent decades, with the creation of national parks and marine reserves, the state has placed huge ...
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Scaling the Peaks
Six country teams gathered in October 2022 to reflect on the implementation and achievements of Ecosystem-based adaptation on their respective mountain systems and communities. The learnings and ...
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The segmented trapdoor spiders, an EDGE species
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 ...
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C3 Fiji Kiwa Initiative Project empowers women in mangrove forests for better livelihoods
Mangrove forests are vital ecosystems that provide a wide range of benefits, from protecting coastlines against erosion and storm surges to serving as nurseries for marine life. They are also ...
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Lake Toba and the Batak legacy: harmonising indigenous wisdom with conservation
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 ...
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Conservation Strategy and Action Plan for the Talaud Bear Cuscus
The Talaud Bear Cuscus (Ailurops melanotis) is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species and protected under Indonesian law. The species’ geographic distribution is ...
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Step into serenity: Unveiling new ecotourism sites in northern Pakistan
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 ...
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IUCN Regional Conservation Forum for West Asia Opens in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, represented by the National Center for Wildlife (NCW), is hosting IUCN’s 10th Regional Conservation Forum (RCF) for West Asia from September 9-11, 2024, in Riyadh. Under ...
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Bridging global and local efforts: IUCN’s upcoming support in Indonesia’s effective marine conservation through the Coral Bond initiative
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recently participated in two pivotal events in Jakarta, Indonesia, further defining its role in providing support to advance marine ...