International Union for the Conservation of Nature

CALIF & MASS: Joining Global Conservation Organization

October 21, 2025 News Editor Comments Off

BOSTON, Massachusetts, October 21, 2025 (ENS) – The State of Massachusetts and the State of California have announced their intentions to join the nonprofit International Union for Conservation of Nature, IUCN. Based in Switzerland, the IUCN is the world’s largest and most diverse environmental membership network with 1,400 governments and non-governmental organizations committed to global action on biodiversity conservation. […]

Planetary Rehab Rules at IUCN World Conservation Congress

October 9, 2025 News Editor Comments Off

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, October 9, 2025 (ENS) – The world’s foremost international event centered on conserving nature opened today in Abu Dhabi. Held every four years, the IUCN World Conservation Congress is convened by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, a nonprofit based near Geneva, Switzerland that tracks species survival on the IUCN Red List. […]

Giraffes Reclassified to Four Distinct Species, Not Just One

September 8, 2025 News Editor Comments Off

WINDHOEK, Namibia, September 8, 2025 (ENS) – A fresh assessment of the tallest living land animal and largest ruminant on Earth has officially recognized four distinct giraffe species, overturning previous classifications of giraffes as a single species. The new study reshapes how the diversity of the world’s giraffe species is understood and conserved. […]

Overfishing Could Wipe Out One-Third of All Sharks and Rays

September 25, 2021 News Editor Comments Off

BURNABY, British Columbia, Canada, September 25, 2021 (ENS) – More than one-third of all sharks and rays in the world’s oceans are now at risk of extinction because of overfishing, finds a new study re-assessing their risk status on the authoritative Red List of Threatened Species compiled by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, IUCN. […]

IUCN to Coordinate Sustainability of Nature-based Solutions

September 9, 2021 News Editor Comments Off

MARSEILLE, France, September 9, 2021 (ENS) – The IUCN World Conservation Congress amplified its environmental decision-making on Wednesday by introducing a plan to develop a collaborative certification system for Nature-based Solutions, NbS. The IUCN would coordinate existing sustainability certification programs… […]

Climate Puts Great Barrier Reef World Heritage ‘In Danger’

June 24, 2021 News Editor Comments Off

GLAND, Switzerland, June 24, 2021 (ENS) – The International Union for the Conservation of Nature, IUCN, the official advisor on nature to UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee, has recommended that the world’s largest reef, Australia’s Great Barrier Reef be placed on the List of World Heritage in Danger. […]

Innovative STAR Tool Reduces Species Extinction Risk

April 22, 2021 News Editor Comments Off

GLAND, Switzerland, April 22, 2021 (ENS) – The new Species Threat Abatement and Restoration, STAR, metric developed by conservationists for the first time allows business, governments and civil society to assess their potential contributions to reducing global species loss […]

African Elephants Classed as Two Species, Both Endangered

March 26, 2021 News Editor Comments Off

GLAND, Switzerland, March 26, 2021 (ENS) – Poaching for ivory and loss of habitat over the past five decades have taken a grim toll on African elephants. The African forest elephant, Loxodonta cyclotis, is now listed as Critically Endangered and the African savanna elephant, Loxodonta africana, is listed as Endangered on the authoritative Red List of Threatened Species compiled by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, IUCN. […]