IUCN Director General Dr Grethel Aguilar delivered IUCN's statement to the 47th session of the World Heritage Committee, at ...

The World Heritage Committee, at its 47th session currently taking place in Paris, France, has decided to remove the ...

The 47th session of the World Heritage Committee opens on Sunday, 6 July 2025, at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France. Over the following 10 days, the Committee will decide which new sites will be ...

The UNESCO World Heritage Convention is among the most widely accepted international conservation treaties, ratified today by ...

As the carbon dioxide level in the atmosphere rises, an increasing amount of the gas is absorbed by the ocean, making it more acidic. Both the academic challenge as well as the practical urgency to ...

The First Meeting of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Expert Group on Crimes that Affect the Environment under the UN Crime Convention (UNTOC) will take place from 30 June to 2 July 2025 in Vienna, ...

Coral reefs harbour the highest biodiversity of any ecosystem globally and directly support over 500 million people worldwide, mostly in poor countries. They are among the most threatened ecosystems ...

Specialist Group work The ISSG promotes and facilitates the exchange of invasive species information and knowledge across the globe and ensures the linkage between knowledge, practice and policy so ...

Cities are home to 4.4 billion people — well over half of humanity. This figure is projected to reach 6.7 billion by 2050. Rapid and uncontrolled urbanisation brings dramatic environmental change, ...

IUCN, the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law (IUCN WCEL), Fauna & Flora, the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) present an information brief within the framework of the Geneva Beat Plastic ...

This introductory brief's target audience is professionals from governments, civil society, private sector, and other stakeholders who know multilateral processes and treaties but are not “ BBNJ ...

The Western Balkans is facing increasingly severe climate change impacts, including rising temperatures, extreme weather events, floods, droughts, and forest fires. These climate challenges not only ...