IUCN provides technical and scientific support to the European Commission for implementing Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014 on Invasive Alien Species (IAS). Each year, this collaboration delivers applied publications focused on the key areas of IAS prevention, surveillance and management. The…

The IUCN is pleased to announce the launch of a wide-ranging consultation aimed at gathering feedback from its constituents and beyond on the need for an IUCN strategy focused on invasive alien species (IAS).

The First Meeting of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Expert Group on Crimes that Affect the Environment under the UN Crime Convention (UNTOC) will take place from 30 June to 2 July 2025 in Vienna, Austria.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is pleased to announce the opening of a call for proposals under its European Invasive Alien Species Rapid-Response Fund. 

Experts from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) have analysed how targeted management of invasive alien species (IAS) can reduce extinction risks for threatened species across the European Union (EU), in line with the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030.

We know that the loss and degradation of nature are critically undermining human wellbeing and quality of life. The 2020 IPBES global assessment on biodiversity[1] found that there are five major direct drivers of change in nature: changes in land and sea use; direct…

In response to the escalating threat posed by invasive alien species (IAS), IUCN has launched the European Invasive Alien Species Rapid Response Fund. Co-funded by the European Union and implemented through IUCN Save Our Species, this €2.1 million initiative will provide targeted grants to…

In response to the increasing threat of invasive species in Eastern and Southern Africa, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI) have signe

The East Rennell World Heritage Site (ERWHS) covers about 30 percent of Rennell Island. In 2013, the site was declared ‘in danger’ due to problems like lack of protection, few job opportunities, possible logging, and invasive species. A 2018 study found that the invasive black rat was common on…

From 10 to 16 December 2024, an IUCN delegation participated in the 11th Plenary session of the Intergovernmental Science-policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES-11), In Windhoek, Namibia.