The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has officially named Jean-Louis Billon as its newest Patron of Nature and the first from West Africa.

With support from the European Union and the Global Environment Facility (GEF), IUCN is working with the Government of Senegal to strengthen the conservation of one of Africa’s most important ...

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A conservation biologist, Claudio is a Professor of Conservation Biology at the Department of Biology, University of Oxford. Claudio is Deputy Director of the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit ...

My area of research focuses on common hippo foraging behavior and population dynamics in response to changing environmental conditions. I have a particular interest in hippo telemetry. My current ...

Designed as a global primer, this new IUCN report proposes a clear definition and founding principles for a “Regenerative” Blue Economy. It defines different sustainability levels within the overall ...

The African forest elephant (loxodonta cyclotis) is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. The species occurs in the tropical forests of Central Africa, and a range of habitats in West ...

Nepal's wild tiger population has increased to 429, according to the National Tiger Census released on Wednesday by the Government of Nepal to mark Global Tiger Day in Kathmandu. The Department of ...

On Thursday 23 July, IUCN launched the first-ever Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions. Click here to download the document in English, French and Spanish and here for the press release. In two ...

Gland, Switzerland, 9 April 2026 (IUCN) – The emperor penguin and Antarctic fur seal are now both Endangered, according to The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Climate change in Antarctica is ...

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 ...

Earth’s ecosystems have evolved for millions of years, resulting in diverse and complex biological communities living in balance with their environment. Since the 16th century, human activity has ...