A groundbreaking assessment has officially recognised four distinct giraffe species, overturning previous classifications of the world’s tallest land mammal as a single species. The taxonomic review, ...

Today, on World Ranger Day 2025, IUCN honours the dedication and courage of rangers – our invaluable frontline defenders of nature. To mark the occasion, IUCN Director General, Dr Grethel Aguilar, met ...

The 15th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties (COP15) to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands brought together governments, civil society and international organisations to reaffirm ...

Two Mediterranean conservation stories, one from Morocco’s Atlantic Sahara and another from the heart of Catalonia, highlight how IUCN Members are using the Contribution Platform to share their impact ...

The IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation is delighted to welcome three new Members from Mediterranean countries, reinforcing our region’s collective efforts toward nature conservation and ...

Gland, Switzerland, 25 July 2025 — From the misty mountains of China’s Sichuan Province to the coral-rich waters off Colombia’s Pacific coast, six exceptional protected areas have been added to the ...

For the second session of the Preparatory Commission for the Conference of the Parties to the Agreement under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine ...

Asian Rhinos are threatened by the loss of forest, grasslands and marshland, usually caused by logging, agriculture or house-building. The IUCN SSC Asian Rhino Specialist Group (AsRSG) fosters ...

Jon Paul Rodríguez has been working for the conservation of Venezuelan species and ecosystems since he was a biology undergraduate at Universidad Central of Venezuela (UCV) in the late eighties. With ...

Le Groupe vénézuélien de spécialistes de la biodiversité (BiodiVen) soutient la conservation de la faune, des champignons et des plantes du Venezuela, ainsi que des écosystèmes terrestres, marins, ...