IUCN Oceania congratulates Lolita Gibbons-Decherong and Catherine Iorns on their election and Peter Cochrane for his re-election as IUCN Councilors from the Oceania region covering Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Island countries. The IUCN Council has oversight of IUCN’s governance, strate
World’s largest conservation summit since Covid-19 brought 4,000 people to Marseille to showcase issues and solutions from coral reefs to land protection...The actor Harrison Ford was an unlikely voice to lead the call for direction and unity at the start of the summit.
Members of the IUCN World Conservation Congress have voted overwhelmingly in support of a moratorium on deep-sea mining, an activity that conservationists say could cause irreversible damage to the ocean.
Work to save Samoa’s endangered national bird continues with two Manumea-friendly villages, the latest recipients of support through the Biodiversity and Protected Areas Management Project...the goal of the project is to support the two villages work towards improving the livelihoods of the local
In 2016, members of the IUCN, the global conservation authority, voted to change its membership structure and include Indigenous peoples’ organizations as a new constituency. The agenda was released following a summit for Indigenous participants at the IUCN World Conservation Congress, and calls
Razan Khalifa Al Mubarak is in the running to become the first woman from the Arab world to head IUCN. She has served as the managing director of several conservation agencies, such as the Environment Agency Abu Dhabi, the Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund, and Emirates Nature.
Two bluefin species, a yellowfin, and an albacore are no longer critically endangered or have moved off the leading international list of endangered species entirely. The unexpectedly fast recovery speaks to the success of efforts over the past decade to end overfishing.
The world's top conservation forum will vote this week on whether to recommend a moratorium on deep sea mining, with scientists warning that ecosystems degraded while dredging the ocean floor 5,000 metres below the waves could take decades or longer to heal...A "yes" vote by IUCN members—some 1,4
A recent study conducted by geomatic engineer Mahyat Shafapour Tehrany and environmental science professor Lalit Kumar identified 150 vulnerable terrestrial vertebrate species throughout the Pacific islands region that are most susceptible to extinction due to the impact of climate change.
This guidance document aims to build awareness, knowledge, and capacity internationally on how to best undertake economic evaluations of tourism in protected areas, and thereby contribute towards a globally acknowledged standard methodology. We believe that it will serve as a key resource for protected area managers, site managers and their respective natural and cultural heritage agencies, practitioners, academia and consultancies, as well as international stakeholders and donor agencies.