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New IUCN guidance calls for ecological integrity to guide global biodiversity and climate action

October 2026. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has launched new guidance on how to successfully ...
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From global ambition to local action: IUCN President sets priorities ahead of COP17

Yerevan, Armenia – 19 October 2026. Ahead of the UN Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP17), IUCN President Razan Khalifa Al Mubarak called for faster implementation of global biodiversity commitments, ...
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Nearly half of reef-building coral species face elevated relative risk of extinction

Mombasa, Kenya, 15 October 2026 – A global reassessment of reef-building corals has found that 44% of species are threatened ...
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Daily livestream of events at the IUCN pavilion

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New FEBA brief calls for equity to be at the heart of ecosystem-based adaptation ahead of CBD COP17

As global leaders prepare for the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP17) in Yerevan, Armenia, a new brief from Friends of Ecosystem-based ...
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IUCN at UN Biodiversity Conference CBD COP17

From 19 - 30 October 2026, IUCN will take part in the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP17) in Yerevan, Armenia. Under the theme “Taking ...
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CBA-SCALE+ strengthens climate resilience and preparedness in 35 communities across Inhambane Province

The 2nd Participatory Scenario Planning (PSP) sessions were successfully conducted from 28 September to 7 October across communities in Vilankulo, Govuro, Mabote, and Inhassoro districts in Mozambique ...
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IUCN Secretariat

IUCN’s headquarters are in Gland, near Geneva, Switzerland, and we have regional, outpost, country and project offices around the world. In addition to contributing knowledge, convening and ...
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Blue carbon

The coastal ecosystems of mangroves, tidal marshes and seagrass meadows contain large stores of carbon deposited by vegetation and various natural processes over centuries. These ecosystems sequester ...
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Land degradation and climate change

Soil is the biggest terrestrial carbon sink. The world’s soils store more carbon than the planet’s biomass and atmosphere combined. This includes soil organic carbon, which is essentially biodiversity ...
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Indigenous Peoples

Across the globe, Indigenous Peoples manage significant areas of Earth’s most biodiverse regions as a core expression and part of their cultural identity and spiritual practices. The profound ...
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Conserving healthy soils

The health of soils is dependent on the mix of living organisms they contain, including bacteria, fungi, protozoa, insects, worms, other invertebrates and vertebrates. This variety of organisms ...