Over 6,000 animals, fungi and plants at risk of extinction are threatened by climate change and severe weather on The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™, across every region of the world. The Red ...

Chilean Patagonia is today recognised as one of the greatest refuges of wild nature in the world. In recent decades, with the creation of national parks and marine reserves, the state has placed huge ...

Plastics only began to be produced in large quantities following the second world war – but plastic pollution has since become one of the most serious threats humanity faces. By 2015, 60% of all ...

Watersheds are areas delimited by a main river and its tributaries that flow into the same watercourse. They are important units to consider when integrating water resources management and ...

A Batak indigenous woman is planting crops in her field near my father’s village. We chat. The lady, who happens to be a distant aunt, has lived in the Tapanuli region with her extended family near ...

When Kenya’s first post-independence leader, Jomo Kenyatta, gazetted what is now known as Nairobi National Park for the exclusive use by wildlife, he had this to say: “The natural resources of this ...

Locally Managed Marine Areas (LMMA) have emerged as a promising model that address challenges faced in marine conservation in the Western Indian Ocean region. Their community-led approach has been ...

After years of dedicated marine protection efforts, Churna Island has finally been designated as the second Marine Protected Area (MPA) by the Government of Balochistan. This long-awaited decision ...

An Internationally Designated Area (IDA) is a natural area internationally recognised by a global or regional designation mechanism. Among these, there are 263 areas where different IDAs fully or ...

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recently participated in two pivotal events in Jakarta, Indonesia, further defining its role in providing support to advance marine ...

In November, all along the busy maze of pavilion buildings in Sharm el Sheik, an estimated 45,000 people snaked along corridors hoping to inform crucial discussions surrounding climate policy at the ...

Every year in September most of the leaders of the world gather in New York for a week of high intensity diplomacy and networking under the auspices of the UN General Assembly opening. While each ...