International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)Opinion

Restoring land before drought becomes a disaster: Lessons from Georgia

Drought does not arrive with the sudden force of a flood or storm. It builds quietly, in depleted soils, shrinking water ...
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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, ...
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ENACTing commitments: Scaling Nature-based Solutions across land, climate and biodiversity agendas at UNCCD COP17

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 25 August 2026 — As countries look for practical ways to accelerate action across the three Rio Conventions, a high-level dialogue at the 17th session of the Conference of the ...
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From ambition to action: Connecting local solutions with global agendas at UNCCD COP17

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, August 20, 2026 – At a reception at the 17th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), practitioners, ...
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CGIAR joins IUCN Pavilion at UNCCD COP17 to advance nature-positive land, food and agricultural systems

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia — IUCN welcomes CGIAR as the Gold Sponsor of the IUCN Pavilion at the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification Conference of the Parties (UNCCD COP17), currently ...
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Jordan and the Kingdom of the Netherlands Launch Project to Reduce Siltation and Enhance Water Security at King Talal Dam

AMMAN, Jordan – 17 August 2026 – The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), in partnership with the Ministry of Water and Irrigation (MWI), the Jordan Valley Authority (JVA), the ...
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Tools for measuring, modelling, and valuing ecosystem services

Increasing interest in measuring, modelling and valuing ecosystem services (ES), the benefits that ecosystems provide to people, has resulted in the development of an array of ES assessment tools in ...
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The ocean and climate change

At the front line of climate change, the ocean, the coastlines and coastal communities are being disproportionately impacted by increasing carbon dioxide (CO 2) and other greenhouse gas (GHG) ...
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Citizen science

Citizen science, also called community science, is a common term for a wide range of participatory practices involving scientific data collection and analysis. Citizen science is important for science ...
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UNCCD COP17 Presidency & ENACT Partnership High-Level Dialogue: Transformation for Land, Climate and Biodiversity Resilience through Nature-based Solutions

As countries work to accelerate implementation of the Rio Conventions and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are emerging as one of the most effective approaches ...
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Agriculture and conservation

In 2021, IUCN launched the IUCN Flagship Report Series, to help demonstrate the importance of conserving nature for human well-being and all life on Earth. This report, the second in the series, ...
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Conservation Planning Project Inventory

The Species Conservation Planning Project Inventory (SCPP) is a compilation of planning projects conducted or enabled by SSC Specialist Groups between 2012-present. Specialist Groups and conservation ...