New Delhi, India, 26 July 2024 - The UNESCO World Heritage Committee have followed advice from Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ – as the official advisor on nature - to inscribe five new sites on the World Heritage List and extend one existing World Heritage site.
In Tanga, The Tanga-Pemba Multi-Stakeholders Forum Members unite for the International Day for Conservation of Mangroves Ecosystem in an event officiated by the Tanga Regional Commissioner.Â
As Paris celebrates with the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games, behind the scenes, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Paris 2024 Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Paris 2024) have committed to take action to protect nature.
Despite being one of the longest free flowing rivers in Southeast Asia, there is very little data on fish biodiversity in the Salween River basin. A training by Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥â€™s BRIDGE Programme and MaeJo University provided five civil society organisations (CSOs) from Myanmar and Thailand with…
A new report released today on World Mangrove Day highlights efforts to protect and restore these important ecosystems, which billions of people depend on for food, protection, and their livelihoods.Â
Global Tiger Day is a powerful reminder of the urgent need to protect tigers and their habitats. Born from the ambitious goals set at the 2010 Saint Petersburg Tiger Summit to double the wild tiger population, this day is a pivotal occasion to honour conservation efforts, rally communities…
Rome, Italy, 24 July 2024 – The International Union for Conservation of Nature (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today signed a new partnership agreement aimed at streamlining ecosystem restoration reporting as part of Target 2 of the Kunming-…
With support from the United States Department of State, the EPPIC international collaboration will be implemented in Costa Rica, Honduras, and Guatemala, to enable the transition to circular plastic economies.
Inspired by the surroundings of the Acadia National Park, an international workshop supported by Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ identifies climate change capacity building and working with indigenous communities as priorities for a new capacity building program.
Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Director General Dr Grethel Aguilar delivered Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥â€™s statement on 17 July 2024 to the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development in New York City, USA, during the general debate segment. Read the full statement below.