IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) is a membership Union of government and civil society organisations. Together, we work to advance sustainable development and create a just world that values and conserves nature.

Mission : To Influence, encourage and assist societies to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable.

Created in 1948, IUCN is now the world’s largest and most diverse environmental network, harnessing the knowledge, resources and reach of more than 1,400 Member organisations and 15,000 experts. This diversity and expertise makes IUCN the global authority on the status of the natural world and the measures needed to safeguard it.

Visit IUCN website here

Discover The Nature 2030 Programme, which is IUCN’s plan for work towards a vision of a just world that values and conserves nature. Climate change is one of the five Nature 2030 Programme priorities, IUCN will continue to monitor the impacts of climate change, and guide the conservation and restoration of ecosystems to help mitigate it.

Read the IUCN Issues Briefs which provide key information on selected issues central to IUCN’s work. Find them here

Find information on IUCN work to advance practical nature-based solutions for both climate mitigation  and adaptation, centred on the better conservation, management and restoration of the world’s ecosystems. More information can be found here

and watch videos on the IUCN youtube channel here

Other IUCN Websites

Established in 1964, The International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species has evolved to become the world’s most comprehensive information source on the global conservation status of animal, fungi and plant species. Find the IUCN RED LIST of Threatened Species website here

Find Key Biodiversity Areas website here

Read article by Jeffrey Wall for Resilience.org " The Key Biodiversity Areas must do better for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities" here

Explore the Restoration Barometer website here and Read the IUCN Restoration Barometer Report here

The Restoration Barometer provides an easy-to-use framework for users to report their restoration progress and allows users to track their progress towards commitments, for example, under the Bonn Challenge, 1t.org, the Post-2020 Biodiversity Targets, the Paris Agreement, Land Degradation Neutrality goal, the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration as well as the UN Sustainable Development Goal