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Nearly half of reef-building coral species face elevated relative risk of extinction

Mombasa, Kenya, 15 October 2026 – A global reassessment of reef-building corals has found that 44% of species are threatened ...
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Land degradation and climate change

Soil is the biggest terrestrial carbon sink. The world’s soils store more carbon than the planet’s biomass and atmosphere combined. This includes soil organic carbon, which is essentially biodiversity ...
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Blue carbon

The coastal ecosystems of mangroves, tidal marshes and seagrass meadows contain large stores of carbon deposited by vegetation and various natural processes over centuries. These ecosystems sequester ...
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Indigenous Peoples

Across the globe, Indigenous Peoples manage significant areas of Earth’s most biodiverse regions as a core expression and part of their cultural identity and spiritual practices. The profound ...
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IUCN SSC Pangolin Specialist Group

Keri Parker is a multifaceted wildlife biologist with more than 25 years of experience. A systems thinker, she works to identify and fill critical gaps in global pangolin conservation and create the ...
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EXPLAINER: The International Court of Justice considers climate change

What are these proceedings about? In short, they are about the legal obligations countries have to protect the climate, and, should they fail to comply with them, whether they could face any legal ...
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IUCN welcomes International Court of Justice's historic climate change Advisory Opinion

Today, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered its Advisory Opinion on the obligations of States to protect the climate system. IUCN Director General Dr Grethel Aguilar addressing the ICJ ...
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One quarter of freshwater animals at risk of extinction - IUCN Red List

Gland, Switzerland, 8 January 2025 (IUCN) – The largest global assessment of freshwater animals on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ to date has revealed that 24% of the world’s freshwater fish ...
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IUCN Red List reveals world’s mammals in crisis

Barcelona, Spain, 6 October, 2008 (IUCN) – The most comprehensive assessment of the world’s mammals has confirmed an extinction crisis, with almost one in four at risk of disappearing forever, ...
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Phoenix Species Project launches global effort to bring 100 of the world’s most threatened species back from the brink

Nature is full of comeback stories. Species once feared lost have returned. Populations reduced to just a handful of individuals have rebounded. Entire ecosystems have recovered when people invested ...
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Sacred Groves, the secret wizards of conservation

The role of cultural and spiritual values is crucial to nature conservation. In India, over 1 million sacred forests and 100,000 to 150,000 sacred groves exist. These wilderness areas hold deep ...
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Global land restoration gains ground, but delivers only 10% of national pledges – IUCN report

A new IUCN analysis of global land restoration achievements shows that over 124.3 million hectares are under restoration, rehabilitation or improved management worldwide – an area approximately twice ...